Functional literacy requirements in youth and adults: Education and work in a small developing state
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| dc.contributor.author | Kuboni, Olabisi | |
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| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-18T17:52:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-18T17:52:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | Apr. 1992 | |
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| dc.description.abstract | In an attempt to address the unemployment problem among youth of the country, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago set up the Youth Training and Employment Partnership Programme (YTEPP) with a view to increasing the employability of those targeted. This paper makes a case that in addressing the area of training in functional literacy skills, attention must be directed to improving the capability of the target population to interact with the socio-economic environment of which they are a part. In this regard, some specific skills are highlighted and discussed. The paper also draws attention to factors within the society that can erode the individual's ability to maintain and/or enhance functional literacy skills and two examples are discussed | |
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| dc.extent | pp. 73-79 | |
| dc.identifier.other | 598 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2139/52699 | |
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| dc.relation.ispartofseries | The Major Project in the Field of Education in Latin America and the Caribbean. Bulletin | |
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| dc.relation.ispartofseries | No. 27 | |
| dc.source | ||
| dc.source.uri | School of Education Library, UWISA - SERIALS | |
| dc.subject.other | Functional literacy programmes | |
| dc.title | Functional literacy requirements in youth and adults: Education and work in a small developing state | |
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