A Preliminary Report on Literacy Training, Savings Clubs and Development in Seki Tribal Trust Land.

Autor/in	Smith, G. A.
Institution	Canadian School Library Association.
Titel	A Preliminary Report on Literacy Training, Savings Clubs and Development in Seki Tribal Trust Land.
Quelle	(1970), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Agricultural Production; Arithmetic; Church Programs; Cooperatives; Credit (Finance); Developing Nations; Functional Literacy; Literacy Education; Money Management; Recordkeeping; Rural Development; Africa; Rhodesia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agriculture; Production; Landwirtschaft; Produktion; Agrarproduktion; Landwirtschaftliche Produktion; Addition; Arithmetik; Arithmetikunterricht; Rechnen; Genossenschaftswesen; Credit; Kredit; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Funktionale Kompetenz; Leistungsnachweis; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Afrika; Rhodesien
Abstract	In Seki Tribal Trust Land in Rhodesia, during June and July, 1970, full-time literacy courses attended by 65 participants were held for members of three savings clubs. The first objective was to replicate the literacy teaching developed for the Chiduku literacy project (see AC 008 361), which included teaching the Shona primer and then teaching how to keep farm or household records. The second objective was to evaluate more precisely the relationship between literacy and subsequent development. The follow-on program has so far concentrated on literacy continuation classes together with women's club meetings and an agricultural project to improve maize yields. Two field workers were provided for 12 months by the National Council of the Credit Union Movement. It was found that an initial literacy level of 3 is necessary if the primer is to be completed in six weeks. It is advantageous to work with local organizations. Provisions of appropriate follow-on programs for adults who have an incomplete primary schooling might considerably reduce functional illiteracy in the Tribal Trust Lands. (EB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC