Education for Development or Underdevelopment?: Guyana's Educational System and its Implications for the Third World

by M.K. Bacchus

Overview

How critical is education in the development struggle of a third world country? Responding to popular demands for more accessible education, the Guyanese government instituted numerous educational reforms, hoping to promote economic growth in both the modern and the traditional sectors of the economy. Many in the traditional sector, however, saw education as a means of economic advancement, and sought increasingly to move into higher social strata through employment in the modern sector. Consequently, the civil service and private firms gained an oversupply of personnel, while agriculture and small business suffered, and unemployment increased. The author examines Guyana’s educational system from historical, political, social, and economic perspectives, and draws implications for other developing countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780889200852
Publisher:	Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Publication date:	12/01/1980
Series:	Development Perspectives Series , #2
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

M. Kazim Bacchus was Professor of Education and Director of the Centre for International Education and Development at the University of Alberta. He helped as Director to establish the Institute for Educational Development at The Aga Khan Universityin Kartachi, Pakistan. He taught at the Universityies of London, Guyana, West Indies, Alberta, and Chicago and was a consultant with CIDA, UNESCO, the Government of Papua New Guinea, and the Commonwealth Secretariat.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents for
Education for Development or Underdevelopment? Guyana’s Educational System and Its Implications for the Third World by M.K. Bacchus

List of Tables and Charts

Preface

1. Historical Introduction to Guyanese Society

2. Post-1945 Developments in Guyana

3. Primary Education

4. Teacher Education

5. Secondary Education

6. Post-Secondary and Technical Education

7. Expenditure on Education

8. Conclusion

Bibliography