Argues for the use of peer teaching in Africa, in which students add to each other's knowledge by exchanging their skills and points of view. This would help alleviate the shortage of teachers and would promote educational independence for the developing world. An information campaign should be mobilized in support of this approach. (Author/BC)

Evidence is mounting in support of the belief that student tutoring is highly effective in achieving the basic goals of public education, namely, the cognitive, affective and social development of the child. (Author) Aspect of National Assessment (NAEP) dealt with in this document: Program Description.

The use of paraprofessionals as tutors for retarded readers has proved successful in reducing the number of school failures. Described here is a program that uses paraprofessionals drawn from the school's neighborhood in order to involve the community in solving some of its problems. This program is a psycho-educational service in a hospital…