This paper discusses the following major problems related to the educational crisis in southern Africa: 1) maintaining educational quality while providing for rising enrollment; 2) providing for increased enrollment but with relatively less money for education; 3) counteracting the imbalance between the increasing school output and the number of…

In response to limited central government resources available for education, Pakistan has attempted to decentralize educational financing and management. Lifting prohibitions on private schools has brought dramatic increases in enrollments. Preliminary evidence shows improved average quality of schooling, but effects on internal efficiency or…

Studies education's relationship to migration by examining migratory patterns and educational characteristics of those who had moved and chosen not to move in three mestizo and two Indian communities. Shows that much variance in migration that appears to be explained by educational experiences is a product of preexistent background variables. (JHZ)

Points out problems of access to schooling in Zambia, especially at the primary and secondary levels and discusses existing types of alternative schooling such as night schools and supervised study groups. Argues that recent private school initiatives are not providing educational opportunities except for a few wealthy urban families. (JHZ)

Summarizes data on educational experiences from a study exploring the effective job utilization of 266 Nigerian scientists and engineers. Compares experiences of foreign and locally trained personnel. Discusses existing notions about science and technology education in developing countries in general and Nigeria in particular. (NEC)

Examines the methodology of a comparative study by Tuppen and Deutrom of student performance in Third World countries and challenges its conclusions by providing a rationale for redefining retentivity as the proportion of the original enrollment retained rather than the proportion of the age group enrolled. (MM)

International aid to education in developing nations has been relatively stagnant or has actually declined in the last decade. Statistics for international aid from different sources are examined, with special attention paid to the changing relationship between donors and recipients, the difficulties in compiling data, and future prospects. (IS)

This paper relates to some thoughts about the very different access to communication that those living in developing countries have as compared with those living in developed countries. I advocate using information technology in within my own teaching in Australia, yet from my experiences in developing countries, I know how limited access to any…

Since the mid-1970s, participatory research (PR) has provided an alternative approach to those development systems that rely on outside experts and implement predetermined solutions. PR empowers disadvantaged people by recognizing them as co-researchers working together to gather information and implement solutions to their problems. This paper…

This book contains 11 essays that offer in-depth accounts of qualitative research in developing countries. Each chapter focuses upon a specific method and considers related theoretical and practical issues with reference to recent experiences in selected developing countries. Key issues addressed include: (1) the identification of appropriate…

This paper provides information for the study of civic development in relation to education in Thailand. The author has spent the last 35 years as a student of Thailand. The paper is based on personal socio-anthropological observations as well as a review of literature as it pertains to value systems, civic and moral development, and education.…

Today more children and their parents in developing countries are without any educational opportunities because of the expense and elitist character of traditional education programs. Examples from Bangladesh show how educational opportunities can be broadened by using facilities more intensively and in innovative ways. (Author/IS)

Quality of schools is a critical resource in the production of school achievement, individual and national. Countries with a scarcity of resources (transportation, administration, and management) would be expected to perform worse in distributing any resource, especially one of such complexity as school quality, but this does not seem to occur.…

Reactions of students, teachers, and work supervisors to the Jamaican work-experience program are investigated. The program's organizational problems are studied. Implications for similar programs in the Third World are discussed. (AM)

Analyzed definitions of open education that have become prevalent in the education literature of the United States, Great Britain, and Israel over the past decade and a half. Content analysis of 51 documents found strong commonalities among definitions of assumptions but marked differences in the definitions of aims and practices. (Author/BRR)