"The national situation is definitely fluid, " said Tom Robbins, Missouri's director of adult education and high school equivalency, noting that other states plan to use the GED for now and bid later.

WSJ: Some states dropping GED as test price spikes

Members of the parliament actively participated in the discussion during this session and underlined the need of bringing all out of school children into primary schools, provision of basic education opportunities to adult illiterates and out of school youth, particularly educational facilities for girls and women.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

During their policy conference in May 1992, the ANC made specific commitments to education in South Africa, inter-alia, provision of a minimum of 10years free and compulsory education, provision for those with special learning needs, improving educational quality, ensuring education for young people expelled or having dropped out of school as a consequence of apartheid, provision of adult education, leading to the establishment of a single non-racial, equal and democratic education system.

UNESCO: Education