DVV International shares its approach in Integrated Adult Education

DVV International in Mozambique has said the Integrated Adult Education (IAE) is the way to go in as far as promotion of Adult Education is concerned.

Various stakeholders displaying their work during the 2022 International Literacy Day.

DVV International in Mozambique has said the Integrated Adult Education (IAE) is the way to go in as far as promotion of Adult Education is concerned.

During this year’s Literacy month in September, DVV International Country Director, José Mucuapa presented the experience on IAE approach in Mozambique

“DVV International is implementing an Integrated Programme (IP) for Adult Education that confronts the key problems and priorities identified in the new adult education strategy. The IP combines skills acquisition in various areas (Savings and loans, agriculture, Small Business, Entrepreneurship, Health, etc.) with literacy and numeracy skills. Since 2019, the MINEDH – Ministry of Education and Human Development has begun replicating the IP,” said Mucuapa.

He said this shift in focus will affect the types of ALE programmes that will be promoted nationally in the future, as well as through the strategy in development, and will have a knock-on effect for training and curriculum development.

“DVV International is thus also supporting MINEDH to integrate ALE modules into the national curriculum for teacher training to ensure that all trained educators graduating from Teacher Training institutions are competent in ALE,” he added.

DVV International is implementing innovative approaches in Mozambique, working closely with the Government authorities, supporting them technically and financially. The organization is also strengthening the ALE National Working Group, Online ALE monitoring System, working in the field through Community Literacy Forum.

The International Literacy Day celebrations which were part of literacy month took part in Khamavota district.

DVV International was invited to share their approach on IAE programs as the theme for 2022, fits well in transforming literacy as a space for learning.

Other organizations which were in forefront during the celebrations were VSO, Right for the World, and UNESCO. Local associations, community leaders and adult literacy classes’ participants.

The guest of honor at the event, the Vice Minister of Education and Human Development, Manuel Bazo, hailed all stakeholders in Adult Learning and Education (ALE) sector for their concerted effort to uplift ALE in Mozambique.

DVV International is working in Mozambique since 2008 and officially with offices in Maputo since 2009. It operates at Macro, Meso and Micro levels based on these objectives:

  • Improvement of the expansion of Literacy and Adult Education (AE) systems;
  • Strengthening the capacities of networks and partners;
  • Advocacy for the consideration of Literacy and AE in poverty reduction plans, as well as in local and national budgeting.

In Mozambique, since 2009 DVV International has been involved in supporting the Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH) in implementing, and in 2015 in evaluating its Strategy of Adult Literacy and Learning. From the start, DVV International aims to contribute to increased quality of training of adult education personnel which in turn will help to increase the efficiency and relevance of adult basic education and literacy. In form of projects in different provinces, innovative practices have been piloted and disseminated through partners based at grassroots level, using literacy as a tool for promoting local development and empowerment of disadvantaged groups such as rural women, disabled people and small-scale farmers.  

During the Portuguese colonial regime, limited educational opportunities were provided to black Mozambicans, so in the wake of independence (1975) 93% of the population was illiterate. In order to combat the high illiteracy rate, the National Directorate of Literacy and Adult Education was formed in 1976. Its massive literacy campaigns, along with a significant increase in the number of children attending schools, substantially reduced the illiteracy rate. In 1983, the National Education System (SNE) was established, and adult education became one of its sub-systems. A decade later, in 1992, in the government’s new guidelines for the reduction of the country’s high poverty level, it was stipulated that education, including literacy and adult education, was to be a crucial factor towards the successful outcome of the poverty reduction effort. Literacy and adult education, therefore, were given added importance for the country.

 

DVV International in Mozambique has said the Integrated Adult Education (IAE) is the way to go in as far as promotion of Adult Education is concerned.

During this year’s Literacy month in September, DVV International Country Director, José Mucuapa presented the experience on IAE approach in Mozambique

“DVV International is implementing an Integrated Programme (IP) for Adult Education that confronts the key problems and priorities identified in the new adult education strategy. The IP combines skills acquisition in various areas (Savings and loans, agriculture, Small Business, Entrepreneurship, Health, etc.) with literacy and numeracy skills. Since 2019, the MINEDH – Ministry of Education and Human Development has begun replicating the IP,” said Mucuapa.

He said this shift in focus will affect the types of ALE programmes that will be promoted nationally in the future, as well as through the strategy in development, and will have a knock-on effect for training and curriculum development.

“DVV International is thus also supporting MINEDH to integrate ALE modules into the national curriculum for teacher training to ensure that all trained educators graduating from Teacher Training institutions are competent in ALE,” he added.

DVV International is implementing innovative approaches in Mozambique, working closely with the Government authorities, supporting them technically and financially. The organization is also strengthening the ALE National Working Group, Online ALE monitoring System, working in the field through Community Literacy Forum.

The International Literacy Day celebrations which were part of literacy month took part in Khamavota district.

DVV International was invited to share their approach on IAE programs as the theme for 2022, fits well in transforming literacy as a space for learning.

Other organizations which were in forefront during the celebrations were VSO, Right for the World, and UNESCO. Local associations, community leaders and adult literacy classes’ participants.

The guest of honor at the event, the Vice Minister of Education and Human Development, Manuel Bazo, hailed all stakeholders in Adult Learning and Education (ALE) sector for their concerted effort to uplift ALE in Mozambique.

DVV International is working in Mozambique since 2008 and officially with offices in Maputo since 2009. It operates at Macro, Meso and Micro levels based on these objectives:

  • Improvement of the expansion of Literacy and Adult Education (AE) systems;
  • Strengthening the capacities of networks and partners;
  • Advocacy for the consideration of Literacy and AE in poverty reduction plans, as well as in local and national budgeting.

In Mozambique, since 2009 DVV International has been involved in supporting the Ministry of Education and Human Development (MINEDH) in implementing, and in 2015 in evaluating its Strategy of Adult Literacy and Learning. From the start, DVV International aims to contribute to increased quality of training of adult education personnel which in turn will help to increase the efficiency and relevance of adult basic education and literacy. In form of projects in different provinces, innovative practices have been piloted and disseminated through partners based at grassroots level, using literacy as a tool for promoting local development and empowerment of disadvantaged groups such as rural women, disabled people and small-scale farmers.  

During the Portuguese colonial regime, limited educational opportunities were provided to black Mozambicans, so in the wake of independence (1975) 93% of the population was illiterate. In order to combat the high illiteracy rate, the National Directorate of Literacy and Adult Education was formed in 1976. Its massive literacy campaigns, along with a significant increase in the number of children attending schools, substantially reduced the illiteracy rate. In 1983, the National Education System (SNE) was established, and adult education became one of its sub-systems. A decade later, in 1992, in the government’s new guidelines for the reduction of the country’s high poverty level, it was stipulated that education, including literacy and adult education, was to be a crucial factor towards the successful outcome of the poverty reduction effort. Literacy and adult education, therefore, were given added importance for the country.

 

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