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ERIC ED082869: First Level of Education in the Asian Region. Bulletin of the UNESCO Regional Office for Education in Asia: June 1973.
Information on Asian primary education is presented for enrollment, teaching staff, and financial factors for Asia in general and for the following countries in particular: Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Khmer Republic, Laos, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Primary education reform in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is treated in a separate section. Major problem areas are identifying and controlling the sources of wastage, development of suitable curricula, training of personnel for instruction at the first level of education in rural societies, and out-of-school education for youth. A bibliographical supplement is included. (PS)