Part I shows the alarming educational situation in the world to-day, and the great efforts needed to meetbasiclearningneeds as exemplified in the World Declaration on Education for All, the expanded vision of basic education, which came from the World Conference held in Jomtien, Thailand, in 1990.
Part II illustrates how ideas contained in the Framework for Action to meetbasiclearningneeds are being practised in many countries - in Yemen, Ecuador, Mali, and how teachers are challenged to use new tools and new structures for learning, as in Costa Rica, Bulgaria, Thailand and Indonesia.