This article examines the contribution of the Education for All-Fast Track Initiative (EFA-FTI) global partnership in strengthening aid effectiveness in the education sector, and specifically how the implementation modalities of the EFA-FTI Catalytic Fund (CF) have contributed to this strengthening. The empirical findings are based on a review…

The reports of the Programme Commissions, the Administrative Commission, and Legal Committee are presented as the records of the 17th session of the General Conference of UNESCO in 1972. Part 1 contains Programme Commissions reports on education; natural sciences and their application to development; social sciences, humanities, and culture;…

Describes attempts in several countries to reorganize higher vocational, technical education and university studay into a unified system of tertiary education. (Author)

Seventeen Asian member states have joined this program to stimulate educational innovation linked to problems of development. (DE)

A regional workshop with participants from Norway, Finland, and Sweden held in June 1976 analyzed the concept of educational technology as it is reflected in a Nordic project on the use of educational technology in adult education--the "NOVU" project--with the help of a scheme suggested by the 1975 Strasbourg workshop on educational…

Suggestions for innovative programs in the Associated Schools include a desire for greater community oriented educational programs. (DE)

Eleven participants from six countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, and the Republic of Korea) participated in the UNESCO regional workshop which is the subject of this report. The four objectives of the workshop were to: (1) review and exchange experiences on research and pilot studies to improve teaching/learning…

Suggested innovations in the Unesco Associated School Program are described in this report. Fourteen member states participated in the conference in order to improve international understanding and school-community relationships by suggesting innovations in the organizational structure, curriculum content, and teaching methods of the schools. Two…

This annotated bibliography, Part II in a series, cites current literature concerning the future of education or the many factors affecting educational development in member states of Unesco. Part I of the series was issued in June of 1979 and focuses on the core literature concerned specifically with the future of education, as well as literature…

New approaches to international borrowing for education which maximize economic growth and minimize the unfavorable international climate for development assistance are discussed. Specific suggestions are made for identifying the areas where such aid would be most effective, as well as better ways to develop cooperation between lenders and…

In 20 years educational goals in Kenya have shifted from an emphasis on improving secondary and higher education to a greater emphasis on universal or basic education. The history of educational goals in Kenya and the emphasis on social factors in the country's development are covered. (IS)

This paper reviews the scholarly literature concerned, directly or indirectly, with the implementation of educational policies in Sub-Saharan Africa. The first part considers the reasons both for the past neglect of implementation issues and for the current interest in the subject. It also introduces some conceptual issues relevant to the analysis…

This is a report of the 1967 conference at St. Catherine's College, Oxford, of Canadian, English, Welsh, and American members of the educational profession. Setting and context of the meeting are described in Chapter 1, noting inter-processional and international tensions. John I. Goodlad's address, which charted the past two decades of curriculum…

Eighty-seven countries were represented at the 1968 Conference on Public Education. Topics discussed were: I. Education for International Understanding as an Integral Part of the Curriculum and Life of the School, and II. Environmental Studies. The Summary Report of Plenary Meetings, comprising the major portion of the document, includes…