Page "Culture of Tunisia" Paragraph 44

In 1966, as part of increasing political literacy of the workforce, the Institute of Adult Education became responsible for making some 150, 000 people literate in a period of five years.

It conducted these activities mainly in the productive sectors-agricultural cooperatives, factories, mines and large companies-but also in the craft centres, army, prisons and youth centres.

The lessons of this institute include, in addition to reading, writing and arithmetic lessons, geography, history, civics, law, and social and religious education.

Additional courses of vocational training are also given opportunities.

More generally, the length of the main course is two years with five sessions of one hour and a half per day, a total of 450 hours, culminating with a certificate of social education.

A third year bilingual course was created in 1968 for those wishing to continue their studies.

This led to some 1, 090 people attending this course during the 1968-1969 school year.

This resulted in the institute being awarded the Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Prize during the third International Day of Literacy, on September 8, 1969, " for decisive contribution to the launch and implementation of a national adult literacy in which is developed, tested and has implemented an effective methodology for literacy and education ".