People and Education in the Third World

This text examines education and its role in Third World development. Amongst the areas covered are: the private and public demand for education; global patterns of education; the geography of educational provision; the school and the community; and education and population growth. Introduction: the scope of the text; Chapter 1 The private and public demand for education; Chapter 2 Global patterns of education; Chapter 3 The geography of educational provision: the national scale; Chapter 4 The local scale: the school and the community; Chapter 5 Education and population growth; Chapter 6 Human resource development; Chapter 7 Education and migration; Chapter 8 Models of education and models of development;