Abstract Having a literate society has been a policy objective of the Rwandan Government for 20 years. However, in practice, it has never been a high priority, although investing in adult literacy education has the potential to contribute to socio-economic transformation. This paper reports on findings from a survey, key informant interviews and focus group discussions. We show that learners rarely benefit from attending literacy classes. Extreme poverty, lack of a ‘culture of reading’ and the poor delivery of literacy classes are the main barriers to student learning. Without more investment in training tutors, infrastructure and learning resources, the policy implementation gap will persist.

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失败的成人学习者：为什么卢旺达的成人识字教育没有提供

摘要 20 年来，建设有文化的社会一直是卢旺达政府的政策目标。然而，在实践中，它从来都不是一个高度优先事项，尽管投资于成人扫​​盲教育有可能促进社会经济转型。本文报告了调查、关键知情人访谈和焦点小组讨论的结果。我们表明学习者很少从参加识字班中受益。极端贫困、缺乏“阅读文化”和扫盲课程的糟糕授课是学生学习的主要障碍。如果没有对培训导师、基础设施和学习资源进行更多投资，政策实施差距将持续存在。