UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SWAZILAND

DEMS will implement the project with U.S. technical assistance. To upgrade DEMS staff, five Swazis chosen to fill DEMS positions in 1980 will receive two years of participant training (to consist of on-the-job training plus a year"s intensive training at a U.S. university) leading to the M.A. in Adult Education. U.S. specialists will take the places of three of these trainees. To expand DEMS course offerings, in-service training in program design and management will be provided to 70 adult educators from GOS ministries. Through the resulting increase in part-time adult classes, DEMS overall enrollment will be increased to 1,100. To integrate DEMS program with the national development process, 10% of DEMS full-time students will work in rural areas as student teachers, community organizers, etc. DEMS curricula for diploma courses in adult education and management will be redesigned to include practical readings and work guidelines. The adult education curriculum will focus on training of trainers in adult psychology and such subject areas as health, cooperatives, literacy, and especially small-scale development programs. The revised management curriculum will emphasize curricula/material development and training design and management, as well as general and personnel management, production, marketing, business math, and accounting. By the project"s end, materials will exist to supply 100 students annually in each course over the ensuing five years. Additional DEMS facilities, including a 96-person student hostel, three multi-purpose classrooms, and a classroom/laboratory block, will be built. Finally, DEMS will expand course offerings in 10 training centers outside the Mbabne-Manzini corridor; will gradually introduce self-help instructional materials where needed; and will stimulate potential demand for DEMS courses in outlying areas.