Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Showing posts with label Literacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Literacy. Show all posts

Friday, March 08, 2013

Literacy 'Mismanaged' Under Three Ministries: SFU Prof

During a review of their finances last year, Douglas College discovered they had 40 per cent more adult basic education (ABE) students than the Ministry of Adult Education funds them for. At the same time they were in dire need of cutting costs in light of the provincial government's 2012 decision to offer English Language Learning programs tuition-free at the post-secondary level.

College administration made the difficult decision to cut their ABE programming by 10.5 per cent. That means starting this September 100 level literacy or English Upgrading classes are no longer offered.

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