Starting the Botswana Extension College
Appraises the initial development of the Botswana extension college started in 1973 to provide correspondence courses, educational radio and tutoring in a distance education system directed particularly at the rural population - Following a short description of the country's resources and its political development, an outline is given covering aims, formal relationships with other institutions for policy, personnel management, costs and the choice of courses. These responded to demands for both formal and nonformal education. They included work for the village development councils, youth clubs for young farmers and for the public debate on the government's agrarian reform. Throughout a frank evaluation of problems and future possibilities is provided of particular interest to those working in adult education and rural education.
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Format: | book biblioteca |
Language: | eng |
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International Extension College
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Subjects: | Adult education, Correspondence education, Costs, Distance education, Educational radio, Evaluation, Farmers, Land reform, Nonformal education, Personnel management, Rural education, Rural population, Tutoring, Youth organizations, |
Online Access: | https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000165410 |
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Summary: | Appraises the initial development of the Botswana extension college started in 1973 to provide correspondence courses, educational radio and tutoring in a distance education system directed particularly at the rural population - Following a short description of the country's resources and its political development, an outline is given covering aims, formal relationships with other institutions for policy, personnel management, costs and the choice of courses. These responded to demands for both formal and nonformal education. They included work for the village development councils, youth clubs for young farmers and for the public debate on the government's agrarian reform. Throughout a frank evaluation of problems and future possibilities is provided of particular interest to those working in adult education and rural education. |
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