Meeting Basic Learning Needs in the Informal Sector Integrating Education and Training for Decent Work, Empowerment and Citizenship /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Singh, Madhu (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: Technical and Vocational Education and Training: Issues, Concerns and Prospects ; 2
• Subjects: Education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Professional & Vocational Education.; Sociology of Education.; Education, general.; Educational Policy and Politics.

"This anthology brings together basic facts and features about basic learning needs and skills of people working and living in the informal economy and presents case studies from different countries examining educational and training strategies for meeting these learning needs. It portrays the...

Table of Contents:

• Cross-Cutting Themes
• Schooling and Basic Skills: Training Programmes and Challenges in the Informal Sector: Latin America
• Informal Learning and the Role of Social Movements
• The Informal Sector: Non-Formal Education Settings for Working Children
• Institutional Support Structures and Modes of Skills Transmission
• Gender and the Informal Economy in Latin America: New Challenges and Possible Answers for Labour Training Policies
• Trade Unions and Adult Learning for Women Construction Workers in the Informal Sector
• Country Studies
• Skills Formation for the Informal Sector in Bangladesh: A Strategic Framework
• Training and Skills Development for Decent Work in the Informal Sector: Case Studies from South India
• Education, Training and Skills Formation for Decent Work in the Informal Sector: Case Studies from Northern India
• Educational Reform for Linking Skills Development with Employment in Nepal
• Training in Modest Housing Construction for Those Who Need it Most: An Example from Nicaragua.