Meeting Basic Learning Needs in the Informal Sector - Integrating Education and Training for Decent Work, Empowerment and Citizenship (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005)

In advancing the vision of adult learning articulated at the International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA V) held in Hamburg in 1997, the UNESCO Institute for Education has been conducting studies on the different areas and dimensions of 'Adult Learning and the Changing World of Work'. One question that has been central to this area is: What constitutes adult learning for those who traditionally secure their survival in the informal economy, as well as for those school leavers and dropouts who are forced to work in this sector? In answering this question, the informal sector or popular economy may be defined in various ways, but there is an increasing recognition that it is a phenomenon that has come to stay and that government policies aimed at economic and social development, including national education and training policies and programmes, should target those who work in this sector. In particular, basic education and continuing education and training are being seen as key to empowering people and as crucial to strategies for reducing poverty. Moreover, there is a growing awareness that education is a human right of fundamental siginificance to promoting decent work and humane living conditions. It is in view of such considerations that UIE and the ILO planned to conduct studies in South Asia (Nepal, Bangladesh, India) to develop an understanding of the quality provision of education and skills development in and for the informal sector.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, 2
Release date:	October 2010
First published:	2005
Editors:	M. Singh
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	250
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-6862-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Careers guidance > Industrial or vocational training
LSN:	90-481-6862-7
Barcode:	9789048168620

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