Initiatives in Education: A World Profile for 1971-1972.

Overview & Synopsis

The Thirty-Third International Conference on Education, convened by the Director-General of Unesco, met at the International Bureau of Education in Geneva in September, 1971, to examine major trends in education and the social background of students and their chance of success at school. It was attended by 243 delegates from 90 Unesco Member States. The Conference discussed issues, including pre-primary education, the middle years of formal schools, the education of the late adolescent, and ways of improving the competence of educators. The four themes provide the subject matter for this document. The ideas included here were expressed by delegates from the various countries. Within the context of each chapter, two or more school ventures are described in some detail. Statistics relating to educational development were provided for Appendix 1 by Unesco's Office of Statistics. Appendix 2 is a report of the debate on major trends in education at the 33rd Session. (JMB)