Nishi Insights Bank

The Nishi Insights Bank is being developed to help access to documents giving insights into different aspects of people's literacy movements (PLMs).  There are three parts to the Insights Bank:

1. Insight Documents: short documents only available from the Nishi Insights Bank
2. Insight Links: links to documents available on the web.
3. Literacy Insights: links to useful background material on adult literacy

 
Nishi Insight Documents

• Stories - a collection of 10 short stories of people's involvement in Nijera Shikhi in the 1990s.
• How People's Movements differ from NGOs - looks at issues related to PLMs.

Nishi Insight Links
NOTE: there is a problem with the links below which we are trying to get rectified.  Until then, the full reports can be accessed as follows:
- original 1997 research into Nijera Shikhi 
- follow up study on impact after five years 
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• Lets teach ourselves: the operation and effectiveness of a people's literacy movement - This is the Eldis summary of Andy Cawthera's 1997 research into Nijera Shikhi including detailed work of impact on learners one year after course completing.  There is also access to a pdf of the full report.
• Nijera Shikhi and adult literacy - This is the Eldis summary of Andy Cawthera's follow up study which looks at the impact on learners after five years and compares effectiveness when operating as a people's movement and as an NGO.  There is also access to a pdf of the full report

Nishi Literacy Insights

•  UNESCO 2006 EFA monitoring report - Contains useful background on some key issues in adult literacy.