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 Meeting Basic Learning Needs in the Informal Sector Integrating Education and Training for Decent Work, Empowerment and Citizenship The publication portrays the grave problems facing educational and training systems vis-á-vis informal sector workers, even as they look at holistic solutions that take into account principles of lifelong learning and innovations in informal, non-formal and formal adult learning, and show a growing awareness that education is a human right of fundamental significance to promoting decent work and humane living conditions. The size, diversity, and the strength and sheer tenacity of workers and owners in the informal sector as well as the stress on globalisation and technological changes have combined to bring about a reappraisal of the links between education and training and the informal labour market. The book looks at the interlinkages between EFA and work and takes the stance that promoting the right to basic education is crucial for overcoming oppression and indecent working conditions. Basic education in its current state is not imparting the necessary skills for entry to the labour market. In view of this gap, the case studies pose the crucial question of what essential skills and which basic learning needs have to be addressed for productive and decent work. Although this book mainly provides cases of learning programmes for the informal economy in countries in South Asia, Latin America and Egypt, the lessons learnt have much to offer to researchers, policy makers and practitioners working in other parts of the world. It is written for researchers, policy-makers and practitioners. Editors: Madhu Singh (Ed.) Year of publication: 2005 Publisher: Springer Series: Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Vol. 2 Number of pages: 250 ISBN: 1-4020-3426-1 Price: € 109.95 How to Order The book can be ordered online from Springer via  Springer online.Table of contents Book Series Scope Introduction by the Series Editors Preface Acknowledgements Acronyms Introduction -Madhu Singh Section 1: Cross-Cutting Themes: - Schooling and Basic Skills: Training Programmes and Challenges in the Informal Sector: Latin America-Enrique Pieck Gochicoa. - Informal Learning and the Role of Social Movements -Bernd Overwien. - The Informal Sector: Non-Formal Education Settings for Working Children -Laila Iskandar, Egypt. - Institutional Support Structures and Modes of Skills Transmission-V. V. Krishna. - Gender and the Informal Economy in Latin America: New Challenges and Possible Answers for Labour Training Policies -Sara Silveira and Anaclara Matosas. - Trade Unions and Adult Learning for Women Construction Workers in the Informal Sector -Christine Nathan. Section 2: Country Studies: - Skills Formation for the Informal Sector in Bangladesh: A Strategic Framework - Rashed Al Mahmud Titumir. - Training and Skills Development for Decent Work in the Informal Sector: Case Studies from South India - Amit Mitra. - Education, Training and Skills Formation for Decent Work in the Informal Sector: Case Studies from Northern India - V. V. Krishna. - Educational Reform for Linking Skills Development with Employment in Nepal - Poorna K. Adhikary. - Training in Modest Housing Construction for Those Who Need it Most: An Example from Nicaragua - Peter Gerasch and Arturo Durán. -Index of Names -Index of Subjects -Contributors
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