This report concerning the policy and planning of education in France is a description of the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the development of education in an endeavor to show how each aspect influences the other. Book I of the report recalls the importance of the educational explosion of the last fifteen years and examines the budgetary outlay, summarizing the policy of mobilization of resources for education and the output of the educational system. The structure and content of the educational system and modifications currently being made in educational philosophy are detailed in Book II. Book III describes and analyzes educational planning, dwelling on the main techniques and methods of implementation. Annexes to each book include related supplemental information needed for better understanding of techniques and problems. (Author/SHM)