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Enhancing Literacy Development in Nigeria through Reading and Writing Skills Development

This article explains how beneficiaries of income-generating activities were empowered by taking part in skills development training in the Ohangwena region of Namibia.

DVV International is the only professional organisation in the world that focuses on the field of Adult Learning and Education (ALE), collaborating on development and international cooperation. DVV International achieves its goals through interventions in three spheres of activity. Read on to find out more and to download the publication.

In this bulletin, there are several examples of adult learning and education (ALE) interventions in war situations, from Uzbekistan, to Mali, Ukraine, and Afghanistan. Daniel Bladh et al provide a rich example of growing authoritarianism, democratic regression, and contexts of war in their article. They question roles for popular education within highly charged conflict zones.

This special issue is oriented towards the future of adult education, within the wider landscape of lifelong learning. In looking ahead, we believe it is important to appreciate, and build upon, past developments as part of what might be called a “collective history”, or what anthropologists term our “collective memory” – giving due recognition to the importance of knowledge gained and passed on through oral and Indigenous traditions.

Critical research on colonial education should not only include the intentions of colonial actors, but also an awareness of possible learning outcomes that were intended or not intended by “the colonial masters”.

The publication "30 Years of Journey in Advancing Adult and Non-Formal Education in Ethiopia," was launched recently during the 30 Years Journey Conference of DVV International in Ethiopia.

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