Some ask whether Stanford has struck the right balance between commerce and learning, between the acquisition of skills to make it and intellectual discovery for its own sake.

NEWYORKER: Get Rich U.

Learning should focus on the acquisition of values, attitudes and skills.

UNESCO: Education

Hence, in order to ensure effective literacy skills acquisition by learners, the KGALP provides participants with free and adequate learning materials, basic stationery and obligates them to attend classes three times a week (on average, each class is three hours long) over a period of six months.

UNESCO: Kha Ri Gude (Let Us Learn) Adult Literacy Programme (KGALP)

In addition, the learning materials also follow an integrated approach to literacy acquisition drawing on the benefits of the language experience and whole word approaches while taking seriously the recent findings of neuro-cognitive research.

UNESCO: Kha Ri Gude (Let Us Learn) Adult Literacy Programme (KGALP)

It goes on to outline a variety of ways in which broadband is improving the lives of people around the world, in m-health, distance education and m-learning, via m-payment systems, and in improving the lives of women, promoting innovation and fostering the acquisition of new skills.

UNESCO: Communication and Information