With the onset of the Education for All (EFA) agenda in 1990, the international development community has seen new forms of international cooperation forming around the pledge for EFA. This paper analyzes a case study of activities and challenges of a civil society coalition, the Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition (GNECC), in pursuing the…

Brief historical background of Tanzania; Links between adult education and development objectives, Links between Adult Education and Formal Education are outlined. Importance of adult education is emphasized. (NF)

An overview of how television has been used as a medium of instruction in Asia for eleven years. In those years ITV has developed with varying degrees of success in the different countries. (Author)

Discusses educational goals in ancient India, western education in India, educational goals in free India, goals and national development, and the problem of poverty and equal distribution of national gains. (Author/PG)

This statement of criteria and policy for the United States Agency for International Development, AID, is accompanied by proposed areas of educational emphasis: 1) educational economics and analysis, 2) education technology, 3) non formal education, and 4) strengthened higher education for national development. (JH)

Highlights the underlying themes of Mao Zedong's views on national development and reviews his major arguments on the synthesis of foreign and Chinese ideas, methods of development, and key issues of the modernization process. The guiding principles that Mao advocated for education are discussed in the larger context of societal development. (GEA)

A short summary of Jordan Television's activities since it began operation five years ago. (HB)

This paper describes the crucial factors of a design for university development overseas based on the Rockefeller Foundation efforts in overseas development. These factors include a definable rationale, an explicit criteria, a plan for various stages of development and institutional capacity for grappling with problems of national development.…

This article examines the evaluative aspects of Ivory Coast's educational television system. It is less an analysis of evaluation results than a description of the types of evaluation data being generated. It discusses the development of the evaluation component of the project in terms of: (1) types of evaluation to be undertaken, (2) identity of…

Discusses the role of the university-level institutions in the field of science and technology in developing countries. Topics include: (1) deficiencies and accomplishments of universities; (2) assistance to university development; and (3) mission-oriented universities. (HM)

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)

Analyzes the French university institutes of technology (IUTs), 2-year institutions established in 1966 for training upper level technitians for a variety of industrial, administrative, and service positions. Covers history, instruction, admissions and student body, teaching staff, administrative framework, and national policy-making problems and…

The provisions of adult education programs in Zambia are described and discussed with emphasis on the idea that adult education should be seen as an instrument for promoting the dignity of man with effective programs flexible and responsive enough to meet the needs of the individual regardless of his formal education or where he may be. (WL)