A PERSPECTIVE ON LIFELONG
LEARNING
CONTRIBUTION FROM POPULAR
EDUCATION
Nélida Cespedes
CEAAL
Very important: understanding the Young adult
education(YAE) in a perspective on life long
learning improving it with the political, social
and cultural rights
But balances noticed weak policies, inequity
between urban and rural people, it is not
systemic, insufficient financial resources,
juxtaposition of agreements and programs.
And the success or failure of YAE
transcends the education system, and it is
important the gap between vision and
speech, facing political, economic, cultural
and environmental issues in a world in
crisis.
United Nations Decade of Literacy - UNLD.
Development Strategy 2008 – 2012
We have also seen a very important report called: "The Global Challenge of Literacy”.
This report suggests that literacy is "Literacy for All.“, and identifies factors that have
limited the progress, which in turn are challenges to be met by the States, if they really
want to make the changes reported and get to 2012 reaching the goals. This document
states:
Low priority
No clear political literacy
Poor coordination and
lack of association
Lack of information
Low Quality
Lack monitoring and evaluation
Inadequate financial resources
Following the steps of Paulo Freire
For Freire, YAE is associated with processes that
allow access to political, economic and cultural
rights, affecting or modifying the way in which
power is distributed in society. We have to
recuperate this vision because we are afraid of
methods that pretend that learning is in short
time. The perspective is a life long learning.
Popular Education has provided a deep
perspective, focusing on the values of justice and
equality, in which human, technical and political
capacities are developed, to fight for societies
that ensure decent living in sustainable
environments and democratic coexistence with
respect for diversity and human rights.
Literacy Agenda and Adult Education
To advocate for the right to education, CEAAL
work together with the Latin American
Campaign for the Right to Education, which is
also part of the World Social Forum of the
Americas to contribute to the strengthening of a
social, political, cultural and educational
movement in the perspective of "another world
possible." CEAAL, CLADE and ICAE have
manifested the urgency for governments in
Latin America and the Caribbean to put greater
emphasis on design and implementation of
policies and action plans aimed at literacy and
the YAE , because it is a perverse expression of
injustice in the region.
Within YAE there is no progress
Considerations
CEAAL and a big social networks
preparing CONFITEA VI considered:
•Make a change from a compensatory
vision vs. human rights vision: YAE is not
a remedial education and has to be
financed.
• It Is necessary to pass from a marginal
education policies, to education for all
and lifelong learning education, specially
women.
•We need a legal structure for the
governance of adult education in our
countries.
•Adult learning should be recognized as
the key achievement for all MDGS.
• Quality has to be included, and urban
and rural areas have to be both attended
with equality.
•It Is important the quality of
teaching and teacher training:
There is no specific training for
YAE in many countries of the
region.
• Governments have to attend
young people and migration
because they are excluded from the
policies.
Violence
and
war
situations increases exclusion.
•Is important to recuperate
a
strong idea about basic education ,
for all formal and not formal
education.
• Learning societies and local and
regional spaces are important
.
THE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
Empowering for incidence in educational policies:
Life long learning combining the tradition of Popular
Education means that is necessary that the people has to be
part of social and educational practices with social
movements as a transformation horizon
As civil society, responsible to
monitoring how polices and
programs are build and develop.
They must be built on cultural
diversity
and
intercultural
dialogue, overcoming disparities
in the interests of human society
with equal opportunities for all,
aiming for men and women to
live as productive, creative,
caring human beings, taking care
of the planet, with critical
thinking, so that we can build a
universal human community of
welfare, peace, joy, democracy
and solidarity.