PRIA International Academy of Lifelong Learning (PIALL), the
academic wing of PRIA, believes in learning as a lifelong process and promotes
the concept of education as a major instrument of development. It supports the
premise that education is a human right, which improves the quality of life.
PIALL draws upon the knowledge and resources of PRIA, which are
in the form of research studies, field reports, audio-visual documentation,
case studies, published books, newsletters and journals. They have been repackaged
into learning material, which carry the PRIA brand and stand apart as quality
products, which are value for money.
The Appreciation Courses
The Appreciation Courses are of ten weeks duration and the next
offering will be January 15, 2013– March 23, 2013. The details of the courses have been mentioned
below:-
Concepts and Trends in Adult Education Programmes: This course will provide a conceptual
understanding of Adult Education in terms of its emergence, andragogy and
critical perspectives. It will give a brief description of the activities
undertaken by various International bodies and networks addressing different
issues related to Adult Education Programmes. It will also look at contemporary
trends in Adult Education to give an overall perspective of the importance of
Adult education in the 21st Century.
Designing Adult Education Programmes: This course will explore essential steps in
determining programme aims, goals and objectives of adult education programmes.
It will also provide a brief description about the instructional techniques,
resources and modes of communication by highlighting adult education programmes
from select Asian countries.
Participatory Monitoring of Adult Education Programmes: Here the learner will learn to understand the
importance of monitoring adult education programmes. It will give an overview
of the methodologies involved in monitoring such programmes and how through
proper reporting and dissemination of monitoring results the targets mentioned
in the plans can be achieved.
Women’s Participation Towards Political Empowerment and
Leadership: This course will
provide conceptual clarity on governance and the impact that it has on
achieving an engendered governance system in which both men and women have
equal decision making authority has been emphasized. Its objective is to
produce learners who will in turn train/facilitate others, including grassroots
women leaders in their respective locales.
Prevention of Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: Here a better understanding of the problems of
discrimination faced by women in the workplace will be provided. It will enable
learners to gain perspective on how the issue of sexual harassment at the
workplace can be addressed and mitigated through different policies at the
organisatonal level.
Participatory Integrated District Planning: This course shall explore the idea of bottom
up or multi level planning rooted in the concepts of sustainable development
and inclusive growth. It will help the learner to critically examine the
importance of a culture of transparency and civic engagement to assure downward
accountability.
Participatory Approaches for Social Inclusion in Development
Programmes: This course will
detail the role of the local governments, their mandate and effectiveness in
dealing with issues of social exclusion and highlight reforms in local
governance institutions that have generated legal and technical apparatus to
institutionalize participation of the most marginalized section of the society.
Participatory Social Audit: A Tool for Social Accountability: This course will give an outline of the
different approaches to social accountability and will also give relevance to
the term ‘accountability from below’ in the present context. It will help the
learner to understand about social audit as a monitoring tool and the various
steps involved in social auditing of development.
Participatory Urban Planning: This course will give
a better understanding of Urban Planning in the Global perspective with
specific importance to the Indian context. It will look at the intricacies related
to Governance as well as the challenges faced in the process of Urban
Governance and the impact of Good Governance in development. It will further
lay out the need of participation in the Urban Planning and give an insight to
the challenges and issues related to the Participatory Urban Planning.
Participatory Activity Mapping in Decentralised Planning: This course will enable the participant to
understand and adapt in his/her specific context some of the major stages in
Activity Mapping processes including overall mapping and analysis of all
functions which governments in the State perform; analysis of legal framework
of state and local governments to understand possible readjustments in
functional domains of governments; participatory analysis of field realities
(capacities, potential and positioning) to understand what activity could be
performed best at which level and formalization of activity mapping through
legal processes.
Eligibility
The minimum required qualification is a higher secondary
(Class 12) certificate and the medium of instruction will be in English.
Fees
The course fee is Rs.3000/- (excluding bank charges) for
applicants in India, Rs. 4000/- (INR) (excluding bank charges) for South Asian
applicants or 100 US$ (excluding bank charges) for applicants outside India.
Scholarships
Scholarships are available to deserving applicants from India
and South Asia on specific courses.
Application
Contact Details
For more information to learn about the Appreciation Courses,
contact:
PRIA International Academy of Lifelong Learning (PIALL)
Phone: +91 11 2996 0931
