Among nonformal education programs in Thailand is the General Education Programme (GEP), in which adults complete the equivalent of 12 years of formal schooling in six years. This article describes the objectives, content, methodology, and evaluation of a training program for GEP instructors. (SK)

A seminar was conducted to review formal and nonformal education in the context of lifelong education in Southeast Asia and the Far East, to visit field projects in Thailand and discuss the experiences gained, and to suggest ways and means to solve identified problems and coordinate planning. This report summarizes the information that was…

This journal contains a series of articles dealing with the theme of development in Asia and rural Indonesia. Included in the journal are the following articles: "Nonformal Education in Rural Areas of Developing Countries," by members of the Rural Project Team from the Centre for Continuing Education at Australian National University;…

The paper presented in this three-part conference report trace the growth and development of distance education in the Asian and Pacific region. Part 1 provides a general review. Part 2 contains the following case studies: "Distance Education in India" (S. P. Mullick); "Distance Education in Indonesia" (Professor Setijadi);…

This periodical contains special reports, reviews, and notes of recent documents on education in Asia and Oceania. The first section contains special reports on Pakistan's new educational policy and Thailand's new educational system. Pakistan's 1978 policy provides for village workshops for out-of-school youth; a national council on adult…