| TABLE
OF CONTENTS |
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 Introduction |
| 1. |
The
right to education: The Jomtien Declaration |
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1.1
Questions of ethics |
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1.2
Questions of general policy and organization |
| 2. |
Basic
educational needs |
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| I.
The
changes of the decade and their impact on education
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1.1
Disparities and convergences |
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1.1.1
Realities and cultural issues |
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1.1.2
Political, economic and cultural convergenc |
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1.2
Difficulties of transition, difficulties of adjustment
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1.3
Falling demographic pressure: A general trend |
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1.4
Some effects of "globalization" on education |
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1.4.1
As regards economics |
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1.4.2
As regards access to knowledge |
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1.4.3
As regards mobility |
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1.5
Basic education: A solid base in a changing world |
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| II.
Inventory:
Access to basic education |
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2.1
Recognition of the right to education |
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2.1.1
Duration of compulsory education |
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2.1.2
Provision of universal access to compulsory education
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2.1.3
Persistent difficulties |
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2.2
Compulsory schooling and basic education |
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2.2.1
Early childhood and the strengthening of basic education
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2.2.2
Access to higher education: a new dimension of basic education
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2.3
The frontiers of basic education |
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| III.
The
quest for quality: Strengthening basic education |
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3.1
Focusing on the pupil |
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3.2
Curricular reforms |
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3.3
Ways of managing the system |
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3.3.1
Decentralization |
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3.3.2
Autonomy and partnership |
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3.3.3
Management and evaluation |
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3.4
Teacher training |
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3.4.1
Improving the standards of primary-school teachers through
training |
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3.4.2
Courses linked to research in educational science |
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| IV.
Persistent
Problems |
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4.1
The fight against inequality: Compensatory measures |
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4.1.1
Positive discrimination |
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4.1.2
Targeted actions |
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4.2
Basic education and mature students |
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4.2.1
The fight against functional illiteracy |
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4.2.2
Actions to compensate for a lack of education |
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4.3
Decompartmentalized approaches: assistance with partnership
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4.3.1
Enabling different sectors to share in the definition
of education policy |
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4.3.2
Combining actions for greater effectiveness and better
quality |
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| V.
Prospects
for Action: Capitalising on and sharing Experience
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5.1
Remodelling the expanded vision of basic education |
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5.1.1
Power and modernity of the concept of basic education
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5.1.2
Integrating the concept of basic education into national
policy |
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5.1.3
Objectives to be achieved by the year 2015 |
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5.1.4
Agendas: objectives, resources and pace of implementation
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5.2
Capitalising and sharing: regional cooperation |
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5.3
Capitalising and sharing: cooperation with other regions
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5.3.1
Technical measures |
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5.3.2
Financial measures |
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5.4
By way of a conclusion: Strengthening the EFA process
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