Trends Developments.

Overview & Synopsis

This issue contains extracts from twenty-one country reports and case studies presented to the Unesco Regional Seminar on Adult Education and Development in Bangkok, November 24-December 4, 1980. The excerpts have an emphasis on innovations in adult education in the region. Countries and programs discussed include (1) community education/apprenticeship in Indonesia; (2) Accreditation and Equivalency Program in the Philippines; (3) Technical Education Units Program in Sri Lanka; (4) training development, continuing education, broadcasting liaison, and adult reading assistance in New Zealand; (5) social change and adult education in Japan; (6) literacy and complementary education in Laos; (7) government support in Hong Kong; (8) Functional Literacy and Family Life Planning in Thailand; (9) literacy and adult education in Pakistan; (10) non-formal education and community development programs in Malaysia; (11) Yavu Buli Rural Youth Movement in Fiji; (12) literacy education in Nepal; (13) Rural Functional Literacy Project in India; (14) literacy education in Afghanistan; (15) Country Adult Education Associations and Management Education for Farmers in Australia; (16) literacy education in Bangladesh; (17) Literacy Campaigns in Burma; (18) Saemaul (New Village) Education for Adults in Korea; (19) Skills Development Fund and Modular Training in Singapore; (20) Central Broadcasting-Television University in People's Republic of China; and (21) achievements in Vietnam. Conclusions and sixteen recommendations arising from the seminar conclude the publication. (YLB)