Raising Literacy Standards--What Standards--And For Whom.

Adiseshiah, Malcolm S.

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Raising Literacy Standards--What Standards--And For Whom

Adiseshiah, Malcolm S.

Indian Journal of Adult Education, 35, 9, 45-7, Sep 74

Literacy programs are needed by four groups: rural personnel, dropouts and pushouts, neo-literates, and the educated elite. The use of three principles for raising literacy standards for functional literacy programs for each of the groups is discussed, and some program suggestions are offered. (BP)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Disadvantaged, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy, Program Improvement, Standards, World Problems

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