UNESCO; Adult Education

2. UNESCO’s Adult Education as a key area and guiding principle
• Literacy rate:
• Adult literacy rate.
• Youth literacy rate.
• Elderly literacy rate
Image source: www.rippleafrica.org/education-in-Malawi-
africa
Definitions

3. • Africa as a priority for UNESCO
• Capacity building in Africa
• Expertise
Map
illustrates:
Percentages of
Adult literacy in
Africa (15 years +)
Image source: www.imgarcade.com/i/literacy-rate-in-africa

4. Specific country literacy rate
comparison: 8 African States
General country Adult literacy rate
comparison: ( Global – Africa )
Data source: Demographic and health survey 2003 -2006 Source: UNESCO institute for statistics, Data centre, June 2007

5. UGANDA
Image source: www.besttoursim.org/media
Capital City: Kampala
Population: 37 million
Landlocked Country

6. Sources: www.en.unesco.org/countries/uganda ( UNESCO institute for statistics )

7. Successes
• Progress:
• Progress towards goal (4) EFA
• Increases
Challenges
• Adult literacy.
• Lack of effective provisions
• Attaining primary school level
• Insufficient training of educators
• People living in rural areas

8. References:
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Unesco.(2014).countries. Available: http://www.uis.unesco.org/datacentre/pages/country-profile.
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Unesco(2015).global report. Available: http://www.uis.unesco/searchcentre/pages/results
DS.aspx?k=global%reports&s=Dot-stat-EN. Last accessed 17 nov 2016.
Unesco(2014).region profile>Available: http://www.uis.unesco.org/literacy/pages/default.aspx. Last
accessed 18 nov 2016.