globalcampaignforeducationactionaidinternational.doc

Global Campaign for Education / ActionAid International ? GLOBAL BENCHMARKS FOR ADULT LITERACY A FINAL REPORT PRODUCED FOR THE EDUCATION FOR ALL GLOBAL MONITORING REPORT 2006 UNESCO 22ND APRIL 2005CONTENTS Contents: Page 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Process / Methodology 5 3. Evidence and Support for the benchmarks (50 pages) 7 Understanding Literacy 10 Governing Literacy 19 Organising and Evaluating Literacy Programmes 29 Facilitators Supervisors and Trainers 35 Teaching and Learning 50 The wider environment beyond the classroom 54 Financing Literacy 56 Making the case for new investment in adult literacy 63 4. The consolidated Benchmarks 66 5. How to use these benchmarks 68 6. Concluding reflections from respondents 69 Appendices: List of respondents to survey 71 List of respondents to benchmarking 74 List of original informants 78 Consolidated table of respondents to benchmarking 80 Original survey format 88 Detailed consolidated tables by region / type / size (ATTACHED