Highlights the underlying themes of Mao Zedong's views on national development and reviews his major arguments on the synthesis of foreign and Chinese ideas, methods of development, and key issues of the modernization process. The guiding principles that Mao advocated for education are discussed in the larger context of societal development. (GEA)

A short summary of Jordan Television's activities since it began operation five years ago. (HB)

Describes pilot project in adult basic education, part of a national development scheme, which was instituted in 1967 with the help of Unesco and the U.N. Development Programme. (JB)

Examines some of the central issues of world literacy and national literacy programs and discusses both their difficulties and successes. (AEA)

Lists the recipients of the first IRA Literacy Award and presents comments made by Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow, Director-General of UNESCO, on the state of literacy in the world today. (MKM)

An integrated system of higher education geared to the national development plan can bring about fundamental shifts in national consciousness that will result in a more harmonious relationship between the principal resource of all development activities--people--and the goals toward which the national plans are aimed. (Author/IRT)

Machine Readable Cataloging (MARC) is proposed as a means of expanding and improving library services in Nigeria. (PF)

This paper reviews the promotion of literacy and the development of library services in the multinational, multilingual republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics since the October Revolution as a model for state or regionally centralized services that promote local arrangements while serving a single national purpose in multiethnic and…

The 2-year Junior University Colleges in Ceylon are undertaking programs aimed toward solving the critical shortage of trained personnel needed to fulfill the country's commitment to planned economic development. The colleges are developing an organization capable of responding to the special problems of both urban centers and rural communities.…

The meeting of experts on book development in Latin America examined the present situation in the region and drew up a programme of action to promote book production and distribution. Experts from 23 Latin American countries participated. One of their major recommendations was that a Book Development Centre for Latin America be established at…

Identity and diversity in its forms present major challenges to countries seeking to best equip citizens with the skills to participate effectively in their diverse societies. An exploratory study was conducted using the search conference methodology to explore the extent to which government and non-government education programs promote and…

The effects and limitations of the choices made by development planners in their efforts to promote either agrarian development or industrial development in Indonesia and Singapore are discussed. (Author/FF)

Article outlines a comprehensive educational program for the out-of-school youth to be built around the existing educational facilities and agencies in India. (GB)