Jamaican Researcher » adult education http://www.jamaicanresearcher.com The Other Side of Jamaica Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:38:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Advocacy for Education Justice for the disabled in Jamaica http://www.jamaicanresearcher.com/advocacy-for-education-justice-for-the-disabled-in-jamaica/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.jamaicanresearcher.com/advocacy-for-education-justice-for-the-disabled-in-jamaica/#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:12:41 +0000 jamresearcher http://jamaicanresearcher.wordpress.com/?p=150

As an extension of my work on socioeconomic justice in Jamaica, I was asked to sit on a working group created by the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning (JFLL). While serving on this working group I advanced discussions about the need to design a literacy programme targeting members of the visually impaired community. This led me to create the following proposal to JFLL on behalf of visually impaired Jamaicans. Take a look… Proposal for Education Justice for the disabled

]]> http://www.jamaicanresearcher.com/advocacy-for-education-justice-for-the-disabled-in-jamaica/feed/ 0 Working group for access to adult education http://www.jamaicanresearcher.com/working-group-for-access-to-adult-education/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed http://www.jamaicanresearcher.com/working-group-for-access-to-adult-education/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:08:46 +0000 jamresearcher http://jamaicanresearcher.wordpress.com/?p=5  My lobby to the Jamaican Foundation for Lifelong Learning for the provision of adult education to communities with reports of inadequate access led to the formation of a working group involving community and government representatives. This experience shows the power of advocacy and networking–a model for other human rights programming. See the following link for more information…

Increasing access to literacy programmes in Jamaican communities

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