The Training Of Adult Educators In Anglophone And Francophone Africa A Comparative Study

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to compare the programmes available in Anglophone and Francophone Africa for the training of adult educators. Ghana and Nigeria were selected representative Anglophone Countries, and Zaire and the Congo were chosen from among Francophone Countries. The study focussed on the following aspects of the training of Adult Educators: The major policies underlying the training of adult educators in the selected countries.

The roles assigned to formal and non-formal structures of training in these countries and the influence of the formal educational systems and colonial legacies in each individual country on the modalities of training in adult education in these countries.

The levels of adult education workers catered for by the various training programmes available in these countries.

The resources available for the training of adult educators in the selected countries, the strengths and weaknesses of the training programmes available in each of the countries.

The models of training conceived as most desirable for the training of adult educators in Africa.

Twenty-three adult education institutions and 30 professional and degree training programmes were identified and analysed in the study.

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