Literacy : The Core of Education for All

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Literacy and adult education. 3. Importance of information literacy. 4. New technologies for literacy and adult education. 5. Media literacy. 6. Education in emergencies. 7. Task force on education and equality. 8. International standard classification of education. 9. Quality education for all. Bibliography. Index.

"Today, as globalisation becomes the norm and the need for development and progress ever more pressing, education and literacy have become crucial, more than ever before. However, even as developed nations continue to seek new alternatives to constantly improve their educational processes and objectives, developing nations have yet to tackle the problem of illiteracy, which proves as a great.

This book in the education and literacy series seeks to provide a discourse on the need for literacy for every human being, with particular reference to developing nations. The emphasis is on delineating the interdependent relationship between literacy and education, stress also being laid on the need for literacy to settle in as the base for education. In addition, it also makes an effort to delve deep into globally changing socio-economic-political changes and ambitions, and the changing perspectives a literacy which have emerged as a result of these changes." (jacket)