THE 1963 POPULATION OF MALAWI WAS 3,753,000. MALAWI'S ECONOMY IS BASED ON AGRICULTURE. PRIMARY EDUCATION COVERS 8 YEARS AND ENROLLS 98 PERCENT OF THE 380,000 PUPILS IN SCHOOL. TECHNICAL SCHOOLS INCLUDE TRADE- AND TECHNICIAN-ORIENTED PROGRAMS UNDER THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION. A NEW UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI INCLUDES NO COURSES OF A TECHNICAL NATURE, BUT…

THE FEDERATION OF MALAYSIA HAD A 1964 POPULATION OF 9,000,000. SPECIALIZATION IN A FEW EXPORT PRODUCTS, NOTABLY RUBBER AND TIN, HAS BEEN THE BASIS OF THE ECONOMY. EDUCATION IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND EFFORT IS BEING MADE TO ESTABLISH MALAY AS THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION EXTENDS FOR 6 YEARS TO THE LOWER…

NEW ZEALAND HAS A POPULATION OF 2.6 MILLION AND AN ECONOMY BASED UPON AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS. THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. EDUCATION IS FREE, COMPULSORY, AND SECULAR FOR ALL TO AGE 15, AND FREE TO AGE 19. IN THE FIRST 2 YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, BEGINNING AT AGE 13, STUDY IS IN GENERAL SUBJECTS…

Approximately 70 percent of India's 1963 population of 460,000,000 engage in agricultural pursuits and cottage industries. Some progress has been made in developing industry. The Indian Constitution provides for universal, free, and compulsory education through 14 years of age, but full application has been hindered by inadequate facilities,…

This report contains five papers which describe mathematical models of the educational system as it relates to economic growth. Experimental applications of the models to particular educational systems are discussed. Three papers, by L. J. Emmerij, J. Blum, and G. Williams, discuss planning models for the calculation of educational requirements…

Australia is a federation of six states and two territories with a population of 11.5 million. It depends heavily on agricultural export and a growing manufacturing industry. Responsibility for education lies with the state governments which are administered centrally because of sparse population. School attendance is required to age 15 with…

The island of Ceylon had a 1963 population of 10,625,000 and an agricultural economy based upon tea, rubber, coconuts, and rice. Fishing and industrial expansion are receiving emphasis. Economic problems include a declining rate of growth in gross national product, unemployment, and a limited range of exports. Education, under control of the…

The Korean Mothers' Club Program, a large national program of family planning that relies strongly on existing channels of interpersonal communication at the village level for its success, is reviewed in this monograph. The efforts of one such club to help an extremely poor village, Oryu Li, to achieve a large measure of pride, confidence, and…

One of the essential factors in the economic development of nations is the attainment of a manpower mix which is strategically suited to current development problems, and which will also provide a catalyst for improvement and change. A review of the literature indicates that, although education per se is important, individual countries must…

The Federal Government, through its Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962, has served approximately 80,000 rural youth through its various training programs. The Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) and the "Concerted Services Approach" are 2 programs which have had particular impact on rural areas. The need for these programs is readily…

An interrelationship exists between economic development and social change in Montana. The community's social life is affected by outside intervention or investment in the local economy, industrialization in the community, and technological changes in agriculture. The basic developments affecting these areas of social change are discussed in the…

The past decade has seen a number of studies of how the poverty incidence (the percentage of families below the poverty line) of certain demographic groups changes in response to economic growth. The question of whether regional economic growth trickles down to rural and rural poor families was examined by statistically estimating the relationship…

The efforts of Wilbur Schramm are largely responsible for the general understanding of the key role that communication plays in the political and economic development of emerging nations. Development of communication channels is closely interrelated with the complex processes of political, social, and economic evolution in the new countries of…

The research summarized in Volume I of this two volume study of Johnstown, Pennsylvania provides an overview of the city's social and economic structure. This project was designed to help cure the area's chronic unemployment and economic instability and to serve as a prototype study for other communities with similar problems. Community views and…

This document reports on a project that developed, through case studies of various countries, empirical evidence of the impact of curriculum content and method on national economic, social, and political growth. Specific problems studied were (1) occupational education and training for development, (2) education's role in the formation of social…