30 Jun, 2012

Democratic decentralization of governance in the countries of South Asia has catalyzed rethinking on centralized models of planned development. These decentralized governments are likely to be closer and responsive to the needs of the poor with an aim to strengthen devolution of powers through constitutionally mandated bodies, creating spaces for the effective participation of citizens in the decision making processes. This course shall explore the idea of bottom up or multi level planning rooted in the concepts of sustainable development and inclusive growth.
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Urban planning and infrastructure provision in South Asian cities has traditionally been supply driven and expert led. While the basic objective of planning is to enhance citizens quality of life, the inequitable resource distribution and consumption have found people themselves driven to the margins. This missing link is the ‘people’ themselves – there is a glaring lack of their participation in the planning process, which cannot be ignored. Their inclusion and voice in planning processes must be ensured if the result is to become more need based and demand driven. Inclusion of every citizen must be ensured in every plan, infrastructure/service provision in order for it to be assessed as fair and effective. This calls for an amalgamation of technical expertise, assessment of people’s needs and civil society involvement in planning processes at all levels – city, ward and local areas and neighbourhoods. This course will give a better understanding of Urban Planning in the Global perspective with specific importance to the Indian context. It will look at the intricacies related to Governance as well as the challenges faced in the process of Urban Governance and the impact of Good Governance in the development. It will further lay out the need of participation in the Urban Planning and give an insight to the challenges and issues related to the Participatory Urban Planning.
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Adult Education encompasses a broad perspective of life long education. Its scope extends from basic literacy to life long learning and includes wide range of themes of human resource development and social justice such as universal education, poverty alleviation, gender equality, environmental sustainability and reducation of HIV/AIDS. Adult educators as change agents train adult learners for informed responsible and active citizenship at the community level. In order to accomplish these tasks they need to enhance their understanding and skills. This course will provide a conceptual understanding of Adult Education in terms of its emergence, andragogy and critical perspectives. It will give a brief description of the activities undertaken by various International bodies and networks addressing different issues related to Adult Education Programmes. It will also look at contemporary trends in Adult Education to give an overall perspective of the importance of Adult education in the 21st Century.
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The development of Adult Education Programmes is a necessary criteria which needs to be well charted out so that the success of the programmes can be achieved. The purposes of creating a well defined programme may be due to various reasons like encouraging ongoing growth and development of individuals, assisting people in responding to practical problems and issues of adult life, preparing people for current and future work oppurtunities, helping organisations in achieving desired results and adapting to change and providing oppurtunities to examine and foster community and societal change. This course will explore essential steps in determining programme aims, goals and objectives of adult education programmes. It will also provide a brief description about the instructional techniques, resources and modes of communication by highlighting adult education programmes from select Asian countries.
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Adult education monitoring refers to the process of checking the smooth implementation of programmes and activities in order to see that everything is happening as intended. In practice this implies the systematic collection and analysis of information on programmes. This course will help the learner to understand the importance of monitoring adult education programmes. It will give an overview of the methodologies involved in monitoring such programmes and how through proper reporting and dissemination of monitoring results the targets mentioned in the plans can be achieved.
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