Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Literacy Improvement in Pakistan.

This study has been designed to evaluate the role of Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working for literacy improvement in Pakistan. For this purpose, data was collected from 350 respondents of different categories of stakeholders that include: decision makers from NGOs, programme managers, fiel...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Published in:International Journal of the Book Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 129 - 142
Main Authors: Hussain, Ashiq, Ahmad Salfi, Naseer, Mahmood Khan, Tariq
Format: Article
Published: Common Ground Research Networks 2012
Subjects:
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
fields @attributes:
  recordID: 1
pdfLink:
plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=91761644&site=ehost-live
header:
  @attributes:
    shortDbName: hlh
    uiTerm: 91761644
    longDbName: Humanities International Complete
    uiTag: AN
  controlInfo:
    bkinfo:
    jinfo:
      jid:
        14479516
        17TF
      jtl: International Journal of the Book
      issn: 14479516
      maglogo: N
    pubinfo:
      dt: 2012
      vid: 9
      iid: 1
      pid: 22359
      pub: Common Ground Research Networks
    artinfo:
      ui: 91761644
      ppf: 129
      ppct: 13
      formats:
        fmt:
          @attributes:
            type: P
            size: 776KB
      tig:
        atl: Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Literacy Improvement in Pakistan.
      aug:
        au:
          Hussain, Ashiq
          Ahmad Salfi, Naseer
          Mahmood Khan, Tariq
        affil:
          Government of the Punjab, Punjab, Pakistan
          University of Education, Punjab, Pakistan
          University of the Punjab, Punjab, Pakistan
      su:
        Nongovernmental organizations
        Literacy
        Decision making
        Parents' & teachers' associations
        Social services
        Scholarly method
        Pakistan
      sug:
        subj:
          Pakistan
          Nongovernmental organizations
          Literacy
          Decision making
          Parents' & teachers' associations
          Social services
          Scholarly method
      keyword:
        Government of Pakistan
        Literacy Improvement
        Non-Governmental Organizations
        Problems and Challenges
      ab: This study has been designed to evaluate the role of Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) working for literacy improvement in Pakistan. For this purpose, data was collected from 350 respondents of different categories of stakeholders that include: decision makers from NGOs, programme managers, field monitors, community mobilizers, school teachers, children attending non formal NGO schools, and members from Parent Teacher Associations(PTAs), Village Education Committees (VECs), and Family Education Committees (FECs). Data was collected using a survey questionnaire followed by a semi-structured interview protocol. The main findings of the study revealed that majority of the NGOs were providing social services to the masses. They were supplying the books, stationary, scholarship and high motivation level to the participants. They were funded by the Government of Pakistan, Provincial Government, different donors' agencies and different trusts and charity organizations. They also pointed out some problems and difficulties that were facing during literacy improvement efforts that include: non-cooperative behavior of rural landlord, bias against women literacy, non-cooperative behavior of local representatives and threats of local scholars, social hurdles and disinterested behavior of female community.
      pubtype: Academic Journal
      doctype: Article
      src: R
    language: English
    refInfo:
    copyright:
      @attributes:
        flag: Y
      custom: Copyright of International Journal of the Book is the property of Common Ground Research Networks and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use.
      item: International Journal of the Book
      holder: Common Ground Research Networks
      dt:
        @attributes:
          year: 2012
    holdings:
      @attributes:
        islocal: N