A recent educational reform in India is the restructuring of the years spent in elementary-secondary, higher secondary, and higher education according to a 10+2+3 year pattern. Addressed is the 2-year higher secondary stage, a study of this stage as it was implemented in Bombay, and the problems associated with its implementation. (JMD)

This discussion of the participation of employees, voluntary and community groups, and consumers and parents in community social services planning traces recent origins of British thinking on the subject, analyzes what social services planners can learn from physical planners, and discusses methods of participation for each type of group. (JT)

The method used in a Soviet technological institute to plan instructional programs cooperatively, in order to avoid duplication of effort and streamline the training process, involves evaluation of curriculum's relevance by experts in each discipline. (MSE)

The article outlines and discusses aspects of a pilot scheme in the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative introduced in 14 local education authorities in England and Wales in 1983. Points are made about the value of interdisciplinary assignment work, dilemmas in assessing and recording, matters of continuity, and issues surrounding…

Inservice courses based on commonality of skills, and using management science, are an effective way to meet the present needs for and difficulties with inservice teacher education in Ireland. Examples of modules based on management science are included. (Author/CB)

The evolution, purposes, and administration of teaching-research-industry complexes in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, established to improve the coordination of specialist training and industry productivity and technology, are described, and industry progress made in recent years as a result of these programs is outlined. (MSE)

The impetus and situation for development of a Polish open university similar to Britain's are outlined and discussed, focusing on Poland's educational system since World War II, the limits to expansion of conventional universities, new educational interests, alternative program models, and administrative organization. (MSE)

A survey of Australian department heads in 61 institutions examined their most important tasks and responsibilities and perceptions of professional development opportunities; the results are compared with North American studies. Three alternative strategies for meeting professional development needs are suggested and evaluated. (Author/MSE)

The basic pattern of contemporary secondary education in Japan, laid down immediately after World War II according to the American model of comprehensive high schools with elected school boards, has given way to a structure more in keeping with Japanese needs. However, coeducation has taken firm root in Japanese secondary schools. Major policy…

Israeli schools, designed by Westerners, incorporate curriculum and instructional methods suited to Western children, although Oriental Jews constitute 60 percent of the population. Considered "disadvantaged" by policy-making Western Jews, humiliated Orientals disavow their rich, ancient heritage. A new plan aims to eliminate…

The author lists the criteria recurrent education should fulfill to effect movement toward the principle of lifelong learning. He suggests that through a series of local experiments in recurrent education a more rational use of resources and a more balanced approach to educational provision may be achieved. (AJ)

This paper describes the Program for Research on Private Higher Education (PROPHE), a program that seeks to build knowledge about private higher education around the world. The program focuses on discovery, analysis, and dissemination of information, as well as creation of an international base of trained researchers. The main mission of the…

This article will primarily allow a definition of the strategic development of ICT in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to be put forward. For the most part it involves the precision of many types of measures and strategies (such as institutional, regulatory, infrastructural measures), human resources, the development of content and partnerships,…

The Peace Corps Programming and Training System (PATS) manual is designed to help field staff members of the Peace Corps train volunteers. This supplement to the manual was developed as a resource for planning training events and for preparing training materials and documentation. The information included in this supplement expands on the guidance…

The Peace Corps Programming and Training System (PATS) manual is designed to help field staff members of the Peace Corps train volunteers. This supplement to the PATS manual was developed to provide complementary information about key aspects of Peace Corps programming and training for education. It is intended for individuals involved in Peace…