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What the Ontario government is doing - and is planning to do - about adult education is the main agenda item for this month's meeting oi WRACE (Waterloo Region As sociation for Continu- ing Education). The meeting will take place Tuesday. June 19, 12:30 Fm., in the Board Room of the Waterloo County Board of Education, Ardelt Avenue, Kitchener. Guest speaker will be Tom Matshushita. Ed- ucation Officer with the Ministry of Educa- tion. He'll be talking about current develop- ments in government policy on "lifelong learning," including retraining programs and adult basic litera- cy. A 1983 Ministry re- port on continuing edu- cation affirmed that the government "com siders learning a life- Province's plans for adult edUcation heads agenda for WRACE monthly meat New Dundee You Help NI Nominate (i-ill/ii The Waterioo Federal Liberal Assocoatlon m“ elect its candidate tor the next federal etechon on We hollow that Demon should be FRANK EPP. 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Adult learw ing goals supported by the government in, clude basic literacy and numeracy, second language skill develop- ment, vocational and professional skill de- velopment, and the achievement of high school, college and uni- versity diplomas. “it is important for us to keep up with Ministry policies as well as current trends and local issues," said Maureen Sawa, recent- ly-elected chairman of WRACE. "We'0 be es- pecially interested in what Mr. Matshushita can tell us about new developments in such areas as adult basic lit- eracy." In Waterloo Region, it is estimated that more than 6,000 people are “functionally illit- erate." Remedial pm grams are offered by 6963222 the K-W Literacy Council and the Water- loo County Board of Education. The Litera- cy Council currently has over 50 students. ranging in age from 18 to 72, working with volunteer tutors to reach a grade five level. The Board's adult basic education program brings stu- dents up to the ninth grade level. The 1983 Ministry re- port was published fol lowing the circulation and distribution of a “working paper" to which contributions were made by many provincial education {Draw to be made Saturday. June 16th 2:00 pm. iS' With over 50 stores Fd iF) and services including 'LP, O 'ft) Eatons, Mr. Grocer and Bargain Harolds riiiiid WESTMOUNT RD. N. AT ERB WATERLOO "" MOM. TUES., WED., SAT. 9:30 a.m.4 p.m.: THURS., FRI. cm 9 pm. Just for Dad Now you can vou can let Dad know what a great guy he is with gifts he'll enjoy at Westmount Place. Enter Dad now for tq. A Holiday in New York for two ... Penta Hotel Three days and two nights Home to Airport via Airways Transit Stretch Limousine Flying CP Air arranged by Eaton’a Travel and CP Air Holidays Spend an enjoyable weekend in the city that never sleeps... there's so much to do and Bee. Keep your Record of Holiday Foto Fun courtesy Dents Camera BALLOTS available from All stores and from the Hostess at the BALLOT BOX in the CENTRE of the Mall Draw to be made Saturday. June 16th 2:00 pm. _ organizations and asso ciation, including WRACE. The final doe ument was found to be rather than by some contributors, who ex- pected it to be more detailed and to reflect J. Peter Venton, vice-president: adminis- tration and finance at Wilfrid Laurier University, has informed the university he will not seek a renewal of his appointment. Venton's five-year term in the office will end June 30, at which time he plans to rejoin his family and take employment in Toronto. For the past year he has been commuting to Toronto on weekends. Venton, formerly employed with the Father's Day Sunday June 17th Venton leaves more of a leaderhip role in adult education on the part of the Min- istry. "We're glad that the government recognizes the increasing impor tance of part-time WATERLOO WE. WEDNESDAY. alte 13, 1984 - PAGE 13 learning of all kinds," says Suva. "But we do want to know how the government can give us practical help in achieving our common goals. We also want to inform the Ministry of Ontaro treasury ministry in Toronto, was appointed in 1979 at Laurier as the succes- sor to Tamara Giesbrecht. Dr. John Weir, president of Laurier, commented: "During his five years as vice president: administration and finance, Peter has shown exceptional dedication to, and has contributed much to the welfare of the University." developments here in the Waterloo Region, where we have a terrif- ic variety of learning opportunities for adults - and a lot of coopera- tion among the provid- ing agencies.