Proposes the development of an adult education literacy and family planning pilot project in India, which has a total population of more than 600 million. (ABM)

An interview with the director of the Center for International Programs at the University of Guelph, Ontario, on adult and continuing education in India. (ABM)

This study explored issues related to teacher training in China. After a review of the historical and current development of Chinese teacher education, the paper discusses issues related to teacher training for adult education. Results of a survey indicated that teacher training for adult education in China was very inadequate. The system needed a…

Discusses problems that make the development of education in the developing countries very difficult, if not impossible.'' (Author)

Article describes excerpts of writings of the late Richard Attygalle who comments on the individual as he attempts to utilize his countries' resources and develop his educational and social awareness in an Asian community. (RK)

Article describes India's progress in teaching farmers improved agricultural methods. (MM)

Excerpts from questionnaire sent in preparation for the World Conference on Adult Education to all member states of Unesco and to international nongovernmental organizations. (MB)

Includes a suggested ranking order'' of nine priorities. (Author)

Discussed are the conference's "three main aspects: (a) defining the role of radio and television in rural areas at both school and adult levels; (b) studying the adaptation of programme method and content in the rural context; (c) examining the training of broadcasters for educational purposes. (Author/LS)

Folk development colleges, modelled on the Swedish folk high schools, were started to prepare Tanzanians to develop their personalities and their capacity to think and to help them understand national policies, international affairs, further education, and ways to develop their culture. Program development and implementation are described.…

Adult education has drawn relatively small amounts of money and skill away from the Latin American government's obsessive concern with primary schooling. But its share of educational resources is increasing rapidly, particularly in literacy and agricultural extension. (SSH)

Evaluates the mission of schools in industrialized nations to transmit literacy and numeracy skills to persons generally considered disadvantaged. Data are analyzed for the United Kingdom, the United States, and France. (Author/DB)

Discusses the progress of educational television systems in Latin America. Three types of systems are identified and evaluated, one a direct import of the European or North American models of conventional schools instructional television, and two that have been developed in Latin America. (CHC)

People's Education is a mobilizing force aimed at involving increasing numbers in the struggle for the transference of power to the majority of South Africans. It is also part of a political strategy to contribute to the overthrow of the apartheid regime. (JOW)

The discourse of adult education research needs to be reframed to place at the center the issues and concerns of the majority of the world's people who live in poverty, ill health, and insecurity and at the margins the concerns of the rich and powerful. (SK)