A detailed account and critique of the 1967 Salvadoran Educational Reform places particular emphasis on the role of instructional television (ITV) and its relation as the pacesetter for the whole educational system. It discusses foreign assistance through UNESCO, The World Bank, US/AID and Japan, and comments on several feasibility studies. In addition, it analyzes the internal bureaucratic problems encountered in implementing ITV into a reform strategy arranged categorically around the ITV system and divided into: 1. Curriculum Reform; 2. Utilization Supervision; and 3. Teacher Training. Also presented are evaluations of administrative and managerial problems and their subsequent resolution. Emphasis is on the ITV system, its production facilities, recruitment and training program and coordination with the other areas of the reform. (MC)