Pilot Literacy Project

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The Pilot Literacy Project aims to develop and test effective arrangements for delivering demand-driven adult functional literacy programs of acceptable quality through nongovernmental providers to the rural poor, notably women and girls in the North, the area of lowest school enrollments for girls. The goal is to develop flexible systems and procedures for delivering technical support services and financing to providers/beneficiaries which permit scaling-up to a larger country-wide constituency. The project has three components. The first component, testing functional literacy programs, funds the selection of sub-projects proposed by provider/beneficiary groups that are community developed, and provides technical support to nongovernmental organizations to build staff capacity in all required areas of expertise while creating an operational network of resource institutions. The second component develops and tests essential strategies for post-literacy to ensure the scaling up and sustainability of the program. It finances the preparation and broadcasting of post-literacy programs. Component 3 finances project management, supervision, and evaluation. It establishes an autonomous institution with government sponsorship, the National Fund to Assist Literacy (FNAA), which receives and manages public, private, and donor funds. This institution provides technical support and financing to non-governmental literacy, and develops and field tests required systems and procedures.