| Abstract: | The focus of this paper is on the development of 'Western' literacy education ('the ability to read and comprehend a piece of written matter which is within the experience of the person tested, and the ability to write a message conveying items of specific information'). Mass literacy would not be a literacy education involving a whole society but one which involves a large proportion of the population of a given geographical or political unit. Mass literacy education is for the purpose of this paper limited to the acquisition of the knowledge of reading, writing and simple arithmetic by youths and adults who are outside the formal school system. Point of departure is 1842, the year recognised as marking the beginning of modern missionary work in Nigeria. Sections: Introduction - Foundation and missionary efforts - Government participation - Post World War II developments - Development since 1955 - Limited goals of mass literacy education - Contemporary opportunities - Conclusion. Notes, sum. (French and German). |
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