标题:Community Learning Center Programs and Community Literacy Development in Asian and the Pacific Countries: Bangladesh, Iran, Vietnam and Pakistan as Case Studies
出版社:Kent State University, American Institute of Pakistan Studies
摘要:Literacy plays a key role in the process of development. Without literacy, a community faces many challenges to improve its quality of life. For the reason, today countries have invested a lot to bring up their literacy level and governments have formulated several CLD programs. One of the major programs that have been implemented for the purpose is the Community Learning Centers Program (CLCP). The program has been implemented to improve the level of literacy in Asian and the Pacific Countries. The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of CLCP in CLD in Asian and the Pacific Countries. Because of the extension area of the CLCP, this paper will focus on the role of CLCP in CLD in four participating countries: the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Iran. Several resources have been used to collect the necessary data. The main information resources include:1) The existing documents2) Reports prepared by countries3) Correspondence (guidelines,practical announcements)4) Reports of the delegations visiting the centers5) Researches and assessments in the host countries
关键词:Literacy ; Pakistan ; community learning centers