Non-formal basic education as a development priority: Evidence from Nicaragua |
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| Authors: | Sudhanshu Handa Heiling Pineda Yannete Esquivel Blancadilia Lopez Nidia Veronica Gurdian Ferdinando Regalia |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3435, United States;2. Directorate of Continuing Education for Adults and Youth, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, Complejo Civico Modulo K, Apartado Postal 108, Managua, Nicaragua;3. Inter American Development Bank, 1300 New York Avenue, Washington, DC 20577, United States |
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| Abstract: | Almost 900m adolescents and adults are illiterate in the developing world, yet most policy discussions focus on the educational circumstances of primary aged children. As a result non-formal educational programs for adolescents and adults are given very little support, and this group is virtually ignored in international agreements such as the millennium declaration. This article presents the first serious attempt at evaluating the impact of a non-formal education program. Results show significant learning achievement over the academic year, as well as strong development impacts of the program in non-learning dimensions of participants’ lives. These positive impacts, plus the significantly lower unit costs and self-targeted nature of the program provide strong evidence that this type of program can be an important part of the poverty reduction and human capital enhancement strategy of developing countries with large illiterate adult populations. |
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| Keywords: | I2 J24 O15 |
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