MOZAMBIQUE COUNTRY REPORT
LITERACY
AND ADULT EDUCATION
1.
GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION
2. LITERACY AND ADULT EDUCATION AFTER INDEPENDENCE ----------------- 1975-1990
* ILLITERACY RATE----------------- 93%
* NATIONAL POLICY OF LITERACY AND ADULT EDUCATION (1976)
- NATIONAL COMPAIGN OF LITERACY------1978-1983
- INTRODUTION OF NATIONAL EDUCATION SYSTEM(ORG.)
SSLAE OBJECTIVES:
-IRRADICATE ILLITERACY
-DEFINE THE LITERACY AND ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM
-PLAN, PRODUCTION OF MATERIAL AID , AND SUPERVISING
-TRAINING ADULT EDUCATORS
RESULTS :
- ILLITERACY DROP OUT FROM 93% TO 72% ( CENSUS 1980 )
- THE TEACHING MATERIALS WAS PRODUCED
- THE LITERACY PROGRAM FOR ADULT LEARNERS INCREASED FROM 1 YEAR TO 3YEARS
- ADULT EDUCATION CENTERS WAS CREATED IN ALL PROVINCES
- THE NUMBER OF ADULT LEANERS INCREASED IN VILLEGES,
INTERPRISES, AND COMMUNAL VILLEGES
3.
LITERACY AND ADULT EDUCATION TODAY
3.1. TOTAL POPULATION---------------------
+ 16.000.000
- MALE ---------------------------------------7.714.306 (48%)
- FEMALE------------------------------------8.384.940 (52%)
URBAN POPULATION--------------------------------(28.6%)
RURAL POPULATION--------------------------------(71.4%)
3.2.
ILLITERACY RATE---------------------------------------(60.5%)
- MALE-----------------------------------------------------(44.6%)
- FEMALE-------------------------------------------------(74.1%)
3.2.1. RURAL AND URBAN AREAS
RURAL AREA-------------------------------------------------------(72.2%)
MALE---------------------------------------------------------------(56.4%)
FEMALE-----------------------------------------------------------(85.1%)
URBAN AREA---------------------------------------------------(33.0%)
MALE---------------------------------------------------------------(19.4%)
FEMALE-----------------------------------------------------------(46.2%)
4.LANGUAGES (MOTHER TONGUES) --------(33.00)
4.1.
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES (PORTUGUESE)------------(01)
5.PRINCIPLE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY–
AGRICULTURE
6. LITERACY PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES
- FORMAL EDUCATION ( 3R)---- GOVERNMENT
- NON-FORMAL EDUCATION: GOVERNMENT+NGOs+ASSOCIATIONS+ RELIGIONS INSTITUITIONS---LITERACY, COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
- DONORES : WORLD BANK, UNICEF, HOLLAND , IRLANDA EMBACIES, UNESCO.
6.1. THE PEOPLE BENEFIT OF THE PROGRAMMES
* WOMEN, YOUTH AND COMMUNITY
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. PRINCIPLES CHALLENGES
*FROM 1995/6 THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DESIGNED THE EDUCATIONAL SECTOR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR BASIC EDUCATION WITH FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES:
TO ACCESS THE PEOPLE THE BASIC EDUCATION ( THE GENDER IS THE PRIORITY)
TO GIVE BETTER QUALITY THE EDUCATION
TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY BUILDING
- IN 1998 THE IMPLEMENTETION OF ESSP
- EVALUATION OF LITERACY AND ADULT EDUCATION, AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION:
The actual Literacy and Adult Education, Non-Formal Education present some problems and Challenges wich need to be consider and deeply reflected .
The most critical problems and challenge refers to:
*Training the human resouces
- To develop the curriculum for training cadre
- To produce and print the teaching material for Adult Learnes as well as Non-formal Education
- To creatthe competenteand functional structure for LAE and NFE.
- Identification of Literacy, NFE methodology which take in consideration the diversity cultural and linguistic among province, region.
- Development of the strategy women mobilization and her mentainance in Literacy and NFE .