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040			_cNDC
086			_a00101-DM
100			_aBurton-James, Alexandra
100			_aJules, Didacus
245			_aCommunity based literacy intiatives in the Caribbean: country report: Dominica
260			_bNational Research and Development Foundation
260			_aCastries
260			_cApril 1990
270			_dSt. Lucia
300			_a116 p.
520			_a A survey of community based literacy intiatives in Dominica conducted in 1987. Survey identifies fourteen (14) projects which were in operation. All of the projects were rural based. The main objectives were acquisition of reading and writing skills and civic/political participation. Projects were well dispersed geographically but numbers participating compared with estimated numbers of illiterates were small. Sixty-five percent of the learners were female. Fifty-nine percent
520			_a of facilitators were female. Projects experienced difficulty in mobilizing adult illiterates though a wide range of promotion activities were undertaken. A country update conducted in 1989 indicated among other changes,a large increase in the number of projects, broadening of objectives and a decrease in female: male participant ratio.
556			_aGeneral
650			_aDOMINICA
650			_aLITERACY
650			_aFUNCTIONAL LITERACY
650			_aADULT EDUCATION
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999			_c8061 _d8061