Problems of the poorest -- Towards a strategy for improving the quality of life (Particularly in rural areas) -- The problems of cultural collision -- The crisis in formal education and the need for educatinal change -- Education for rural development-the attempts of many countries -- Some utopian alternatives -- Basic criteria for rural educatinal transformation -- A scheme for improving the quality of rural life through community centered education -- Secondary and higher educatin : The need for greater relevance at lower costs -- The special case of teacher education -- Problems and strategies of implementatson