CONTENTS
List of boxes, figures and tables = 9
Acknowledgements = 13
1 A multi-faceted right = 15
A multi-faceted right = 16
Commitments to implementation = 20
Shifts of emphasis = 23
2 Towards basic education for all = 25
'Fundamental education' = 26
The question of interpretation = 26
Overlap with adult education and literacy = 28
Eradication of illiteracy = 29
'Functional literacy' = 29
World illiteracy at mid-century = 30
Alternative strategies = 32
The Experimental World Literacy Programme and aftermath = 34
Secular trends = 36
Elementary education = 38
Scope of the challenge = 40
Opening up access, 1950-1970 = 40
The non-formal dimension = 42
Towards 'basic learning needs' = 44
Monitoring progress = 46
Boundaries = 50
3 An expanding vision of educational opportunity = 53
An expanding vision = 55
'Lifelong education' = 55
'Lifelong learning' = 58
Secondary education = 60
Expansion of opportunities = 60
Structural changes = 62
'Equal opportunity' = 65
Tertiary education = 67
'Equally accessible to all on the basis of merit' = 69
Diversity of provision = 70
4 A renewed concern for education's purposes = 73
Education for peace, human rights and democracy = 76
Education for 'development' = 82
Educational choice = 85
Appendices
Ⅰ. The writing of Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights = 91
Ⅱ. Regional tables = 111
Ⅲ. World education indicators = 121
Ⅳ. UNESCO reports, publications and periodicals concerning education 1997-99 = 173
