Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Issues in Education
Harrison Daka (PhD)
Department of Educational Administration
and Policy Studies
2023
Cont…
Lecture Outline
▪ By the end of this topic you should be able to:
▪ Define literacy and its forms
▪ Justify the essence of functional literacy in Zambia
▪ Identify ways through which literacy can be promoted
in Zambia
▪ Define equity and equality in education provision
▪ Show the importance equity and equality in education
and how they can be promoted.
Introduction
▪ This topic introduces you to the concepts of literacy,
equity and equality in education.
▪ It shows the importance of these aspects in so far as
education provision is concerned and how they can
help bring about socio-economic development in
Zambia.
Discussion
▪ What is literacy?
▪ How is literacy affected by equity?
▪ How is equality different from equity?
Definitions