Personal opinions of the author concerning a report entitled Basic Guidelines for Educational Reform'' are presented in this paper. A summary is given of the report which contains ideas and proposals for general expansion and improvement of school education in Japan. (SM)

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)

Processes and plans for redefinition of the goals of African educational systems are noted in this historical summary of educational development. Rationale for revision of the Addis Ababa plan by committees representing Unesco and the Organization of African Unity is presented. (SM)

Administrative apparatus should be geared to support an innovative climate, offering to work with teachers, teaching them to think creatively, and thus innovatively. (Author/JB)

Shortcomings of the educational systems in developing countries are examined. Possible solutions are proposed including expansion at all levels, more technical education, less liberal arts, and literacy campaigns for adults. (DE)

Higher education in Romania, an interdependent part of the total educational system, is guided by the integration of university training and the needs of the society, so that science and material and intellectual production lie at the heart of university training. (JH)

The structure, budget, and programs of the university commonly shared by the countries of Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland are described. (DE)

An educational program designed to provide Kenyan villagers with skills useful and necessary at the local level is described. (DE)

African education -- past and present -- is surveyed and suggestions are made to ensure that African national educational systems meet the needs of a modern world while fostering the full development of African culture and helping to satisfy the material and spiritual needs of the in people. (JH)

The author briefly describes the development of education in Costa Rica from 1950 to 1974. Emphasis is placed upon reform-minded national education plans started in 1972. (DE)

This comment on the Report of the International Commission on the Development of Education calls for further critical assessment by relating education to other areas of development, specifically economy. Several of the Report's financial remedies and priorities in the area of employment opportunities are analyzed from this viewpoint. (KM)