Zambia's Primary Reading Program (PRP) - Global Partnership for ...

Table of contentsList of acronyms............................................................................9Foreword......................................................................................11Acknowledgement.......................................................................13Summary......................................................................................15Implementation of effective literacy courses..................................................15Methodologies that contribute to access and quality learning........................16Inclusiveness...................................................................................................16Encouraging results ........................................................................................16Creation of Zone Education Support Teams...................................................17Sustainability of the program .........................................................................18Challenges ......................................................................................................18Conclusion......................................................................................................181. Introduction.............................................................................212. History......................................................................................233. Context of departure...............................................................25Description of context ....................................................................................25Access and equity .....................................................................................26Quality......................................................................................................26Administration, fi nancing and management.............................................27HIV/AIDS .................................................................................................27Specific problems ...........................................................................................274. Research findings ....................................................................295. Towards a language policy .....................................................316. The language policy ................................................................33How the seven local languages were selected ................................................357. The ministry of education’s strategic plan............................378. Objectives.................................................................................39General objectives ..........................................................................................39Specific objectives ..........................................................................................419. The strategies...........................................................................43The curriculum ...............................................................................................43Writing the curriculum .............................................................................43Classifi cation of the courses.....................................................................46Linkages....................................................................................................47Methodology.............................................................................................47Time for teaching literacy in the basic school curriculum.......................47Basic writing of materials...............................................................................49Procedure for writing ...............................................................................49The writers................................................................................................49