Services provided by the national adult literacy program in the United Kingdom include supplementary reading materials, educational certification, special-interest programs, and media broadcasts. A general description of the program is included. (AM)

The Pakistani Adult Functional Literacy Project (AFL) produced educational television programs which were shown at community viewing centers. Evaluation results are encouraging. (AM)

To help adults in Mali practice what they had learned in the literacy education programs, a rural information newspaper was created and educational radio services were provided. (AM)

Compares financial and human resource allocations for education and the military in Asian countries. Statistical evidence indicates cutbacks in educational allocations but none in military funding. (AM)

African countries need to develop new approaches to socio-economic development and education which are appropriate to the individual needs of each country. The thrust of development programs should be towards small-scale agriculture and industry, self-help villages, and community-based public health programs in rural areas. (AM)

Survival mathematics (necessary for daily living), mathematics for use (necessary for specific jobs), and mathematician's mathematics have a limited place in the curriculum. Children need to develop an appreciation of mathematics in use. In the United Kingdom teachers are using practical projects to develop this appreciation. (AM)

The computer can be used in schools to assist instruction and as the object of computer literacy education. Strategies for introducing computers into the schools of developing countries are presented. (AM)

Efforts of various countries to link education with work are described. Socioeconomic and political aspects of work-education interaction are discussed. (RM)

The Foundation for Education with Production was organized to help African countries make the transition from colonial economies to socialism by providing an international network of resources to support educational innovations linking education with production. The theoretical basis for the foundation's work and its current activities are…

In Bulgaria, the integration of education and work is seen as a means to enhance the social and moral qualities of the individual. Problems and trends are discussed. (AM)

This article focuses on the role of the technical school within the overall framework of Basque cooperatives. The school organization, curriculum, and its integration with the co-op's productive activites are described. (AM)

Revolutionary education centers in Guinea provide education and work experience for students from elementary through postsecondary levels. They are designed to disseminate scientific, technical, and technological knowledge and also serve as production units. The structure, educational resources, and social impact of the centers are discussed. (AM)

The Bunumbu project was designed to improve the quality of the rural primary education system in Sierra Leone (Africa) through an improved teacher-education program. Primary school teachers, trained in community development skills, adult education, agricultural sciences, crafts, rural technology, and home economics serve in pilot schools in 20…

An experimental Indian education program allows impoverished primary and secondary school students to earn money producing consumer goods as an adjunct to learning activities while in school. The program's organization and implementation strategy are described, and the social factors determining its success are examined. (AM)

Reactions of students, teachers, and work supervisors to the Jamaican work-experience program are investigated. The program's organizational problems are studied. Implications for similar programs in the Third World are discussed. (AM)