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”Interventions to Eradicate Illiteracy by promoting NFE: Success Stories from Asia ”
Kiichi Oyasu received his Ph.D. in Human Science from Osaka University. He is Specially Appointed Professor of Tokyo Healthcare University andDirector, Education Cooperation Department of Asia-Pacific Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU) in Tokyo, Japan. Prior to assuming his current post in July 2018, he was a Professor at Centre for Global Partnerships and Education, Okayama University during 2016 – 2018, and currently holds a post of Vising Research Fellow. He worked with UNESCO Bangkok in 1996 – 2008 and Dhaka in 2008 – 2016 as a programme specialist for promoting Education for All and Education for Sustainable Development. In particular, he coordinated Community Learning Centre (CLC) networks in Asia and the Pacific through policy forums, capacity development workshops and training materials development. His main research areas are literacy, non-formal education, lifelong learning and sustainable community development.