Good Practices in Literacy and NFE Programmes - Literacyportal.net

Background NoteThis booklet has been produced under UNESCO’s Literacy Initiative for Empowerment (LIFE)Project, titled: “Capacity Building for Improving Quality and Scope of Literacy Programmesin Pakistan”, which aims to enhance national capacity to implement literacy programmes,focusing on poverty reduction and the empowerment of women. The Ministry of Educationlaunched this project in 2006. A number of key literacy organizations from both government andthe private sector are actively involved in the implementation of the activities of this project, themain components of which include:• Capacity building of literacy and non-formal education (NFE) personnel• Materials/curriculum development• Gender empowerment• Pilot Community Learning CentresOne of the activities of the project is to produce an advocacy booklet on innovative andsuccessful approaches to literacy; and to disseminate and promote good practices leading to thesustainable development of literacy programmes at national, sub-regional and regional levels.The aim of this booklet is therefore to compile and highlight some of the innovative, successfulapproaches to literacy, together with the various approaches and practices adopted by fifteenselected countries from the Asia-Pacific region. Literacy programmes have been selected fromthe latter countries, with a total of twenty case studies (fourteen country studies and six fromPakistan) being included in the study.This booklet is intended to be a useful source of information for policymakers, educationalists andliteracy practitioners for both capacity building and dissemination of lessons learned from theexperiences of other countries, together with provision of examples of successful and innovativepractices in literacy and NFE in Pakistan and other countries of the Asia-Pacific region.4