The need for close relationships within national higher education systems is of crucial importance if nations of the world, both developing and developed, are to fulfill their educational obligations. Focus is on balance between individual institutional assignments and common commitments of national systems. (Author/LBH)

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 place of postgraduate studies is discussed, with reference to the need to produce highly-trained, high-quality personnel capable of making a unique contribution to the development of a country's resources. The postgraduate system in Argentina is described, and some suggestions are made for its future development. (Author/LBH)

Presents a model for simultaneously addressing the problems of illiteracy and the counseling requirements of the skill training programs in Third World countries. The model includes advisory committees, needs analysis, staff development and training, program assessment, and a placement and follow-up component. (KH)

Describes Nigeria's present vocational programs in agricultural education at the secondary and postsecondary levels and expresses the need for a more vocationally oriented approach rather than an academically oriented approach in the future development of such programs. (HD)

Reviews the contributions of the Centre National de Documentation and the Ecole des Sciences de l'Information to the development of library and information services and the education of a professional workforce in Morocco. Their role in the design and implementation of a national information policy is stressed. (Author/LRW)

From urban classrooms in Peking to isolated schools on rural communes, Chinese students are returning to their books as the world's largest nation begins to rebuild its shattered education system after ten years of chaos. (LRA)

Information for development has become one of the most pressing issues of the last decade, which Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have to tackle on an urgent basis. The need and urgency for planning national information systems has been clearly pointed out in several international conferences. Major research and development centers of…

In both developing and industrialized countries, young people are highly exposed to unemployment. Over a cross-section of countries, the approximate ratio of youth to adult unemployment is two or three to one. Periods of unemployment tend to be shorter for youths. In developing countries, youth unemployment is higher among the less educated and…

Since Iraq gained independence in the 1930s and particularly since it became a republic in the 1950s and began earning oil revenue, efforts to improve Iraqi education have received increasing attention. By 1984 the educational system had achieved the ability to enroll every child reaching the age of six, and a national campaign to reduce…

During the period from 1949 to 1984, industry's share in the national economy of the Peoples' Republic of China rose from 30 percent to 60 percent. Despite raising literacy over the same period from 20 percent to over 75 percent, the Chinese educational system has failed to keep pace with the economy's rapidly expanding need for trained…

This overview of the use of computers in education begins by tracing the history of the development of computer programs for instruction in three developed countries, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. Significant research and programs, general trends, the current situation, plans, and problems in each of the countries are…

Nigeria's National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (NOAS) is aimed at giving vocational skills to unemployed youth and helping them to be self-employed or get gainful employment. NOAS is targeted at Nigerian men and women aged 15-25. Minimum educational requirements vary by trade; course duration ranges from 2 months to 3 years. The number of trainees…

The following papers were produced by participants and resource persons on specific issues of planning, management and implementation of literacy and post-literacy strategies: "People's Participation and Mobilization: Characteristics of the Literacy Campaigns in China" (Yanwei); "Strategies for Mobilization and Participation of…

This paper presents (1) a case for the establishment of a national resource center in developing countries to train vocational trainers and to provide a place for further research in these areas and (2) guidelines for the development and operation of such a facility. The paper is organized in 12 sections. After three sections that establish a need…