Author stated that Foster's "Dilemmas of Educational Development" (AA 521 911) did not present a paradigm for guidance of developing nations. In fact, Foster's seemingly practical advice, based on his African experience, would not be satisfactory for Papua New Guinea. (RK)

A major problem in establishing effective educational programs in developing nations is seen to be the need to reeducate adults to learn to accept modern values and life skills. (AV)

This article emphasizes that the report of the Commission states that the demand for education today is so great that present institutionalized systems are and will be in the future incapable of absorbing it. (JB)

A critical analysis of the Commission's report reminding readers that there is a great gulf between the ease with which progressive reforms can be proposed and the difficulty with which these reforms are sold in the market place of politics to conservative and cost-conscious governments and people. (Author/JB)

The author reviews and critiques C. E. Beeby's four-stage model of change in the primary schooling of developing nations. Beeby's reply follows on pp439-44 and the author's response on pp445-49. A related article by Beeby appears on pp451-74. (Editor/SJL)

The author indicates the changes he would make to his book "The Quality of Education in Developing Countries" (1966) if he were rewriting it in 1980. For further discussions of his stage theory of change in the primary schooling in developing nations, see pp411-49 of this issue. (SJL)

"Consciousness-raising" education employs group dialogue to make the poorest individuals in a society aware of their reality and their ability to change it. The author examines two contrasting sets of developmental assumptions in this form of education, the equilibrium and conflict concept of change, and related evaluation issues.…

This book is a guide to the present academic systems of twenty Asian countries and political units. Data provided in each chapter include a historical overview, description of the current system, funding support, enrollment rates, and overall organization of higher education. The chapters include: (1) "Bangladesh" (Kowsar P. Chowdhury);…

The author assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the Coombs report on nonformal education and presents the framework of a nonformal education model now being used in Mexico. (DE)

A free and pluralistic society is maintained by constitutional guarantees and an educated populace. Nigeria, like other nations in West Africa, spent billions of dollars and embarked on a program of mass educational improvement in the 1960's and 1970's. While secondary school enrollment increased eleven times between 1962 and 1975, over half the…

This report is based on the findings of two inquiries of administrators and faculties at Ceylon's six Junior University Colleges. It represents an attempt to evaluate the first term success in meeting certain stated objectives. The inquiries concerned the areas of (1) preparing students for manpower positions, (2) preparing students for manhood,…

Educational programs for rural working populations must be developed and evaluated with an awareness of the progress of economic development in those areas. (AV)