Community learning centre program as an educational tool for rural community literacy development: community of Nasr Abad as a case study

Literacy plays a key role in community development. Literate people improve their quality of life with less difficulty, and Iran is no exception. For this purpose, the government of Iran has invested a lot of human, innovation, natural, and social capitals for literacy development to improve the q...

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Main Authors: Zolfaghari, Akbar, Sabran, Mohammad Shatar, Gill, Sarjit Singh, Ahmad, Nobaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2009
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13650/1/13650.pdf
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author Zolfaghari, Akbar
Sabran, Mohammad Shatar
Gill, Sarjit Singh
Ahmad, Nobaya
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description Literacy plays a key role in community development. Literate people improve their quality of life with less difficulty, and Iran is no exception. For this purpose, the government of Iran has invested a lot of human, innovation, natural, and social capitals for literacy development to improve the quality of life of its people after the Islamic Revolution. Various programs have been set up for this purpose. One of the main programs for literacy development is the Community Learning Centre Program (CLCP) and one of the communities that has joined the program is the community of Nasr Abad. Hence, the objective of this paper was to examine the role of the community learning centre program in the rural community literacy development in the community of Nasr Abad.
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spelling upm.eprints-136502015-09-17T01:06:02Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13650/ Community learning centre program as an educational tool for rural community literacy development: community of Nasr Abad as a case study Zolfaghari, Akbar Sabran, Mohammad Shatar Gill, Sarjit Singh Ahmad, Nobaya Literacy plays a key role in community development. Literate people improve their quality of life with less difficulty, and Iran is no exception. For this purpose, the government of Iran has invested a lot of human, innovation, natural, and social capitals for literacy development to improve the quality of life of its people after the Islamic Revolution. Various programs have been set up for this purpose. One of the main programs for literacy development is the Community Learning Centre Program (CLCP) and one of the communities that has joined the program is the community of Nasr Abad. Hence, the objective of this paper was to examine the role of the community learning centre program in the rural community literacy development in the community of Nasr Abad. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2009-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13650/1/13650.pdf Zolfaghari, Akbar and Sabran, Mohammad Shatar and Gill, Sarjit Singh and Ahmad, Nobaya (2009) Community learning centre program as an educational tool for rural community literacy development: community of Nasr Abad as a case study. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 17 (2). pp. 179-186. ISSN 0128-7702; ESSN: 2231-8534 http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2017%20%282%29%20Sep.%202009/18%20Pages%20179-186.pdf
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Community learning centre program as an educational tool for rural community literacy development: community of Nasr Abad as a case study
title Community learning centre program as an educational tool for rural community literacy development: community of Nasr Abad as a case study
title_full Community learning centre program as an educational tool for rural community literacy development: community of Nasr Abad as a case study
title_fullStr Community learning centre program as an educational tool for rural community literacy development: community of Nasr Abad as a case study
title_full_unstemmed Community learning centre program as an educational tool for rural community literacy development: community of Nasr Abad as a case study
title_short Community learning centre program as an educational tool for rural community literacy development: community of Nasr Abad as a case study
title_sort community learning centre program as an educational tool for rural community literacy development community of nasr abad as a case study
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