Provides statistical assessment of the amount of money developing countries will need to meet an estimated demand for primary education. Evaluates the cost of providing universal primary education by the year 2000. Concludes that African nations must increase spending on education the most, followed by Asia, with the smallest increase required in…

This work is a supplement to an earlier work entitled, "Progress of Education in the Asian Region: a Statistic Review", (ED 035 490) which contained statistical data up to 1967. This supplement presents statistical data up to 1969 for regional aggregates and up to 1970 for individual countries in some cases. As in the Review, the…

Statistical data for the period 1950-1965, with some data up to 1967, are examined for implications for educational development of the rapidly expanding school-age population in Asia. The quantitative aspects of educational progress comprise the bulk of the review, with qualitative factors discussed in context with future planning. Numerous tables…