Adult Education : Millennium Challenges/C.K. Pathak. New Delhi, Rajat Pub., 2003, viii, 319 p., tables, $33. ISBN 81-7880-064-0.

Contents: Preface. 1. Teaching and learning for adults. 2. Growth and development of adult education. 3. Role of the adult educators. 4. Interpersonal relationship. 5. Challenges of rural education. 6. Adult literacy. 7. Literacy campaigns. 8. Crisis in adult education. 9. Teaching English for adults. Appendix. Index.

"Education begins at birth and continues throughout life. It is constant and ongoing. It develops manpower for different levels of economy and empowers the poor masses to become self-reliant enough to participate, in the process of national development.

"Adults have to play various ‘inevitable roles’ in their life and they must learn to cope with them as they arise. Adult education agencies should gear their marketing and instructional activities to cater for the different needs of adults at different life-stages.

"This book authoritatively describes the challenges of adult education in the new millennium. This will be a highly valuable reference tool for policy-planners, academics, scholars, teachers and students in the field of education." (jacket)

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