Using Community Radio in a Rural Women’s Post-literacy Programme in Nepal

Authors

  • Chizuko Nagaoka the National Institute for Educational Policy Research and Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Manohar Karki the Skill and Education for Underprivileged (SEFU)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56059/jl4d.v1i2.51

Keywords:

Literacy, post-literacy, women, non-formal education, development, community radio

Abstract

The paper examines the literacy and post-literacy needs of rural women in Nepal, describes a pilot study in using community radio to supplement a classroom-based post-literacy programme for these women, analyses the findings of this intervention and considers the implications for similar programmes in other settings.

Author Biographies

Chizuko Nagaoka, the National Institute for Educational Policy Research and Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan.

a Fellow in the National Institute for Educational Policy Research and a part-time lecturerin the Department of Lifelong Learning and Career Design in the Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan.

Ph.D. in Human Sciences

Manohar Karki, the Skill and Education for Underprivileged (SEFU)

Programme Director and Coordinator

References

Cisse, S. (2001). Post-literacy in Mali. Adult Education and Development, Vol. 57. Retrieved from http://www.iiz-dvv.de/index.php?article_id=455&clang=1

Nagaoka, C. (2002). A Critical Perspective of Non-formal Education in Nepal: Focusing on the peculiar Nepalese social constitution. Lifelong Education and Libraries, Department of Lifelong Education and Libraries, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University , Vol. 2, pp.107-117.

Pringle, I. & Subba, B. (2007). Ten Years On: The state of community radio in Nepal.

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Bhutia ,K,T .& Martin, K. (2007). Forging Innovation: Community multimedia centres in Nepal. New Delhi: UNESCO. Retrieved from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001545/154528e.pdf

UNESCO Kathmandu (2011) . UNESCO Country Programming Document for Nepal

–2013 http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002114/211447e.pdf

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Published

2014-06-10

How to Cite

Nagaoka, C., & Karki, M. (2014). Using Community Radio in a Rural Women’s Post-literacy Programme in Nepal. Journal of Learning for Development, 1(2). https://doi.org/10.56059/jl4d.v1i2.51

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2014): Issue 2

Section

Case Studies

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Received 2014-04-24
Accepted 2014-06-01
Published 2014-06-10