Kenya Educational and Research fraternity has highly qualified human resource capacity with globally gained experiences. However each research entity works in disparity due to the absence of a common digital platform while educational units don't even have the basic infrastructure. For sustainability of Education and research progression,…

Proposes an anticipatory strategy that will help protect education sector development from corruption. The strategy, which may exist as a "hidden agenda" within a project, focuses on diagnosing rather than redressing a system thought to be corrupt, adopting prevention rather than punishment, informal rather than formal approaches, and…

The absolute priority given by UNESCO to the promotion of universal literacy is understood as a key policy driver shaping the Organization since its inception in 1946. Grounded in human rights, the commitment has taken concrete form in many and diverse ways, but it is as a shaper of ideas that UNESCO's overall contribution is best judged. In…

Swedish aid programs and policies for educational development, most often carried out through international organizations, are discussed in terms of Third World priorities and a concept of Education conditioned by society. (JH)

This article deals with education aid and the need for re-evaluation of needs for educational advance, the unique contribution made by the United Nations as an international organization, and the effectiveness of its machinery to assure the coherence of contributions to educational development. (JH)

Presents a model for a new program for science and technology in India and some policies toward the import of technologies and achieving self-reliance. (PG)

This paper focuses on training people to carry out the communication component of development programs. The paper begins with a description of some of the issues on the communication frontier that affect development programs, and then notes three kinds of communication training that stand out: designing and managing communication interventions;…

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)

The values, implied in a development ethic based in Euro-American cultural traditions and used as a standard for international aid policies, are questioned with respect to their applicability to Third World needs. (JH)

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)

The author describes the Theatre for Development program in Africa. This program uses native community theater to teach the public lessons about health, work methods, and other topics that the public is unlikely to pursue actively through the print media. (CH)

Points out that global telecommunications development can be achieved through industry and government's participation in training programs such as the United States Telecommunications Training Institute, which provides free training for men and women from the Third World. (PD)