Basic Education and Education for All

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Basic Education and Education for All

• Moderator Prof.dr Snezana Medic

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Summary

• 14 countries participated
• 30 (of them) have doubts that are going to
  achieve EFA goals
• 20 main programs for achieving EFA goals are
  mentioned.

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Recommendations for achievingthe EFA goals

• Positive experiences led to following
  suggestions
• Modernization of curricula (combining basic
  education and vocational training, innovating
  teaching methods, advanced programs for
  illiterates, life skills)
• Improvement of political-social context for basic
  adult education (stronger goverment support
  especially financial, encouragement of women,
  links and bridges on the national and
  international level.

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Common understanding of key terms

• Literacy reading and writing
• Basic Education Literacy skills for
  understanding (media), coping (in life),
  communicating, integrating (in social life),
  learning (self-l), taking responsibilities,
  critical and creative thinking, team work and
  cooperation...
• Functional Basic Education Basic Education
  vocational (first training) and entrepreneurship
  skills (basic managerial skills for family life,
  basic financial skills...)...

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Recommendations

• To exchange the best practice in BAE between
  MED countries, in Belgrade 2007.
• Topics for exchange
• problems of drop-outs
• motivating the adults (before actions)
• follow up with the adults (after actions)
• developing the skills within the programs
• training of teachers
• strategies and mechanism for achieving the EFA
  goals.
• Thank you for your contribution/attention