Role of faith based organisations in adult education in Kenya

The workshop on the 'Role of Faith-Based Organisations in Adult Education' was convened with support from UNESCO from 6th - 7th, July 2004.The purpose was to sensitise and mobilise support for the national literacy survey and build consensus on ways of revamping adult education and literacy programmes. The specific objectives were to: 1) appraise stakeholders on the state of adult education and literacy in the country; 2) identify areas for possible networking and collaboration in the provision of adult and continuing education; 3) integrate EFA goals into the provision of adult and continuing educational services; and 4) prepare stakeholders for their role in the nation alliteracy survey.