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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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