Browsing by Subject "Non-Formal Education"

Linking Children to Non Formal Education

Boodhoo, Leena D (2010-11)

We have carried out a research study with the financial support of UNICEF to look into causes of primary school failures. The objectives of the study were the following: • Investigate into the factors associated with failure ...

Motivations, Achievements, and Challenges of Self-Directed Informal Learners in Open Educational Environments and MOOCs

Bonk, Curtis J; Lee, Mimi M (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2017-03)

This research targeted the learning preferences, goals and motivations, achievements, challenges, and possibilities for life change of self-directed online learners enrolled in a massive open online course (MOOC) related ...

Non-formal Education: Are We There Yet?

Latchem, Colin; Kanwar, Asha (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 2011)

A Planners’ and Practitioners’ QA Toolkit for Open and Distance Non-formal Education with author Colin Latchem.

Open and Distance Learning and Information and Communication Technologies- Implications on Formal and Non formal Education.

Situma, David B (Commonwealth of Learning, 2015)

The Population; female (% of total) in Kenya was last reported at 50.05 in 2011, according to a World Bank report published in 2012. Despite this higher percentage, women in Kenya are not well represented in education and ...

Practitioner’s Notes: Analysing expected and unexpected changes when F2F training and mentoring goes online: a Caribbean view

Brown, Rosamond (2013-11)

In 2009, TCPC started working with CARIMAC and COL to develop and demonstrate a cost effective model for the creation of non-formal education programming about local community issues for specific target groups. The partners ...

Quality Assurance Toolkit for Open and Distance Non-formal Education

Latchem, Colin (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2012)

Non-formal education takes place both within and outside educational institutions. It caters to all ages and spans adult literacy, basic education, life skills, work skills and health promotion. This new COL publication ...

Reaching the Unreached: A Challenge for Rural Development

Gandhe, S K (Commonwealth of Learning (COL), 2008)

Even in the beginning of the 21st Century the most important stumbling block in the way to rapid socio-economic development in the developing countries like India, is undoubtedly the illiteracy in general and the ...

Role of Non-Formal Basic Education in Rural Development in Punjab

Malik, Muhammad A; Jumani, Nabi B; Safdar, Muhammad; Ghazi, Shakeel A (2010-11)

Due to population explosion and swiftly increasing demand for education even developed countries are unable to overcome the prevailing challenges through formal system of education. Most of the developing countries are in ...

Skill Development For Accelerated Development: A Case Study Of Thika Technical Training Institute

Chege, Pauline N; Kiiru, Rose (2013-11)

For many years on end, teaching and learning has been confined within the classroom walls. This has been the case due to the fact that the traditional curriculum design has been unresponsive and rigid .Usually, developed ...

The Use of Distance Learning in Non-Formal Education: a report on a survey carried out for the Commonwealth of Learning by the International Extension College

Dodds, Tony (Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, 1996)

The report documents information on 73 projects, in 56 developing countries and 17 industrialised countries, and presents a number of conclusions and proposals for further action. The survey found that there is considerable ...