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February 2003

Education for Rural Development: An Agenda for Action

This power point presentation on "Education for Rural Development: An Agenda for Action" was given by Sheldon Shaeffer, Director of UNESCO Asia and Pacific, Regional Bureau for Education (Bangkok) at the INRULED International Symposium on Rural Education 20-23 January 2003, Baoding, China.

This contribution complements the article published by SD Dimension (December 2002) by the same author on "The Dakar Framework for Action - Education for All: Meeting our Collective Commitments by focusing on Education for rural people".

It illustrates in a schematic and comprehensive way the required priority actions to make education for rural people a reality. The presentation has a special focus on Asia, although it can also be applied to a wider context. It is thus an important tool of work for those committed to the Education for rural people flagship initiative.

Click here to see the PowerPoint presentation (172KB)

For additional information on this topic, please see:

• The Dakar Framework for Action - Education for All: Meeting our Collective Commitments by focusing on Education for rural people
• Food for thought: Education for Rural People - Knowledge as a tool to fight hunger and poverty
• Education for Rural People: The FAO and UNESCO are making a joint call for Education for rural people