This paper is based on the evaluation of the Tanzanian education campaign called "Man is Health." It reviews the genesis of the campaign, objectives and organization, training system, examples of the groups at work, preliminary findings, and other significant aspects of the total effort. (Author)

The report describes the changing image of women in rural Tanzania and the various agencies responsible for their social, economic, cultural, and political promotion in rural areas, including the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), and the Union of Women in Tanganyika (UWT). (LH)

A broad discussion of women in India, especially those living in rural villages, examines their literacy, employment opportunities, political influence, modernization, historical and present sex roles, and the influence of the International Women's Year, and proposes future action. (LH)

A review of three experimental projects implemented by Unesco in the late 1960's to improve the status and equal educational opportunities of women includes: (1) Upper Volta, education for rural women; (2) Nepal, training primary school teachers; and (3) Chile, access of women to technical education. (LH)

An anthropological approach to women discusses; their role in developing nations; the influences of economic growth upon male and female roles; women speaking for themselves; women's constructions of reality; female learning processes and their modern adaptions; varied educational influences; and the involvement of women in education for…

An examination of problems in prevocational studies in Sri Lanka leads to the conclusion they are largely due to educator and administrator attitudes regarding the role of prevocational education. Success of the new program (which contains its own problems) depends upon changing student attitudes towards employment. (BP)

Describes an experiment with adult education conducted in Poland in which television is used in out-of-school secondary level agricultural courses, often called correspondence secondary schools. (EM)

The author discusses the educational concept of "learning to do" (interrelated activities of learning and doing) and the role it plays in relation to primary education, secondary education, out of school programs, and non-formal education. (BP)

To further economic and social development, Tanzania is expanding adult education programs, formulating goals, and creating effective organization, administration, and coordination through local control. An historical overview describes the establishment of committees and adult education centers. An assessment of present performance discusses…

Vocational education courses and mass education are two types of on-the-job training and education available to workers in Poland. First, this article discusses vocational education courses focusing on the course goals and organization, then forms of out-of-school or mass education, particularly the general education universities, are covered. (EM)

Discusses the responsibilities of employers in Poland toward the continuing education of their employers. Major topics included are responsibilities of firms based on socioeconomic needs, main features of worker education within firms, continuing education programs for workers, and factors determining the development of the firms' educational and…

The author examines the potentialities of bypassing literacy in efforts to bring education and development to Third World countries, concluding that literacy is essential for human and economic development. He cites various perspectives on literacy and development (232 references), and analyses alternative strategies for literacy campaigns,…