Men and women’s education and illiteracy in Adrar speech community
Other Title(s)
الأمية و تعليم الرجال و النساء في مجتمع أدرار
Author
Source
Journal of the College of Education for Women
Issue
Vol. 30, Issue 3 (30 Sep. 2019), pp.1-19, 19 p.
Publisher
University of Baghdad College of Education for Women
Publication Date
2019-09-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
19
Main Subjects
Social Sciences (Multidisciplinary)
Educational Sciences
Topics
Abstract EN
In Algeria, education is compulsory for males and females.
This foundational decision was taken right after the independence of the country in 1962.
Soon after, in 1963, the central government decided the Arabisation of the whole educational levels starting from primary school till university.
At the same period, illiteracy-eradication programmes were launched by the Ministry of Education to get rid of this post-colonial scourge.
In the administrative department (or Wilaya) of Adrar, former Tuat, young males and females attend Quranic schools (Zawaya) well before any formal education, that is as early as 4-5 years of age.
The adult people who are not enrolled in formal classes could sit for non-formal ones.
However, actual measurements and statistics reveal that the number of male and female pupils is not balanced: The present research paper aims at describing this phenomenon through statistics provided by the last National Census (2008), Adrar local educational academy, and Adrar Illiteracy-eradication Centre.
The methodology consists in interviewing representatives and directors of the aforementioned institutions and surveying their archives and enrollment registers.
The overall results show that the boys are more numerous than the girls in formal schools, while the reverse trend is noticed in Illiteracy-eradication classes where women are more present than men.
From sociological and sociolinguistic viewpoints, women’s increase of attendance of illiteracy-eradication classes can be interpreted as their attempt at having a certain educational level to overcome societal difficulties, at climbing up the social ladder, and at securing prestigious social positions within the commu
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bu Haniah, Bashir. 2019. Men and women’s education and illiteracy in Adrar speech community. Journal of the College of Education for Women،Vol. 30, no. 3, pp.1-19.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-899286
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bu Haniah, Bashir. Men and women’s education and illiteracy in Adrar speech community. Journal of the College of Education for Women Vol. 30, no. 3 (Sep. 2019), pp.1-19.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-899286
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bu Haniah, Bashir. Men and women’s education and illiteracy in Adrar speech community. Journal of the College of Education for Women. 2019. Vol. 30, no. 3, pp.1-19.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-899286
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 16-19
Record ID
BIM-899286