Keywords (Extracted from title, table of contents and
abstract of thesis)
Development, Distance, Non-Formal,
Model, likertscale, Training, Literacy, Personnel, Pakistan,
andragogical, teaching |
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Abstract
Allama Iqbal Open
University is only university, providing Distance and Non-Formal
Education for literacy to Ph. D level through distant learning.
Distance and Non-Formal Education is a term which covers a range of
teaching and learning strategies. Literacy personnel are persons who
work in literacy organizations i.e. example, administrators of
literacy department, like EDO (literacy), managers running the NGOs
for the improvement of literacy, the supervisors who supervise of
adult literacy centres and functional literacy centre, instructors
teaching at the adult and basic education centres established by
NGOs. Training of personnel is an area which is concerned with the
provision of skills, knowledge and one’s ability to cope with one’s
environmental needs. It is a way for the development,
implementation, evaluation and maintenance of situations. Training
of personnel facilitates the learning of individuals as well as
groups.
This study was undertaken with the objectives i.e. to analyse the
concept of model, to discuss model for the literacy personnel, to
examine the existing arrangement of literacy personnel and to
develop the model for the training of literacy personnel.
To make the training of literacy personnel systemic a lot of related
literature was discussed. Training of literacy personnel in the
different countries like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand
were taken into account. Provision of training in the light of
educational policies, five years plans and economic surveys were
embossed. Models for the training of literacy personnel were also
thrashed out.
After the study of related literature, five questionnaires which
were (1) Questionnaire for Academic Staff of Faculty of Education of
Allama Iqbal Open University (Annex-1) (2) Questionnaire for EDOs
(Literacy) (Annex-2) (3) questionnaire for managers of NGOs
(Annex-3) (4) questionnaire for supervisors of NGOs(Annex-4) and (5)
questionnaire for instructors of NGOs (Annex-5) on likertscale,
tried out and administrated.
Questionnaire for Academic Staff of Faculty of Education of Allama
Iqbal Open University was administered to twenty two academicians of
AIOU, out of which eighteen responded. Questionnaire for EDOs
(Literacy) was administered to thirty four administrators (EDOs
Literacy), out of which twenty eight responded. Questionnaire for
managers of NGOs was distributed to one hundred and seventy five
managers out of which one hundred and eleven responded,
questionnaire for supervisors of NGOs was administered to one
hundred ninety five supervisors one hundred fifty three were
responded and questionnaire for instructors of NGOs was administered
to four hundred and fifty five instructors/teachers of NGOs out of
which three hundred and eighty seven were responded. Data calculated
was tabulated and analysed by using percentage, mean score and
median. Major findings of the questionnaire were somewhat like:-
a. Questionnaire for Academic Staff of Faculty of Education AIOU
(annex-1) Literacy personnel are competent: to motivate learners,
set the aim and objectives of the course and potential to identify
the resources.
b. Questionnaire for the administrators EDOs (annex-2) EDOs
contribute to overall literacy centres, provision guidance to adult
instructors/supervisors is there to overcome the conflict among
workers.
c. Questionnaire for managers (annex-3) Managers are organizers of
literacy programme, they provide training to literacy personnel and
use multiple modes for the improvement of the literacy centres.
d. Questionnaire for supervisors (annex-4) Supervisors identify the
problems faced by the instructors, check the literacy centres and
report progress to the higher authority.
e. Questionnaire of instructors (annex-5) Supervisors are aware of
andragogical teaching, maintain students profile and record.
The study concluded that learners have positive attitude, teaching
aids are utilized, audio-visual aids are used in literacy centres
and literacy personnel create interest among learners. Literacy
centres are also being provided with free books.
Basing on the conclusions, recommendations were made, and models for
the training of administrators (EDOs Literacy), managers,
supervisors and instructors are proposed.
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