Part II.pdf - MTB-MLE Network

A.2 Identification of Learning Needs
The different community survey strategies utilized by the research team, e.g., getting to know you,
knowing the community through project orientation, focused group discussion, interview, home
visitation, helped the team determine the literacy level and identify the needs of prospective learners.
Based on the results of the Demographic Information Questionnaire, the majority of respondents
are in the basic literacy level. In fact, the chieftain himself said: “I have no more aspiration to
learn how to read and write. I’m very old – he is the oldest member of the tribe – but I hope I will
be able to encourage the men and women of my tribe to avail of your programme so that they
would never ever be like me.”
The community survey identified the following needs:
Programme needs
1. Basic Literacy Programmes
• Out-of-School children, youth and adults
• Parent education
2. Training of literacy facilitators
3. Provision of basic literacy materials
Content needs/areas for learning materials
Health
• Maternal and child care
• Proper nutrition
• Prevention and treatment of ailments (malaria, cough/colds, flu, diarrhea, kidney
ailments)
• Personal hygiene
Building the community
• Appreciation of the mother tongue/local language
• Preservation of culture, customs and beliefs and tradition
• History of the local community
• Sense of cooperation, unity and teamwork
• Resourcefulness and self-reliance
Sustainable use of resources and productivity
• Marketing of farm produce: fruits and vegetables, root crops
• Clean and green
– Reforestation
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