Functional literacy of young Guyanese adults

International Review of Education

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 93-116

  Jennings, Zellyne ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA   (Guyana)

^c NONE   (Guyana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; LITERACY;

GUYANA;

EID: 0034123857     PISSN: 00208566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003926406978     Document Type: Article

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