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Archive of ICE Sessions and Recommendations

• 45th session - 1996
• 44th session - 1994

The texts of the 78 Recommendations adopted between 1934 and 1992 by the International Conference on Education - until 1970, the International Conference on Public Education - were compiled and published at the suggestion of the Council of the International Bureau of Education. In 1994, the ICE did not adopt a Recommendation. Instead, it produced a Declaration and an Integrated Framework of Action. In 1996, the ICE adopted a Declaration and 9 Recommendations.

These texts are made available on this site in English, French and Spanish.

PREFACE
INTRODUCTION to the third edition
HISTORICAL NOTE by Pedro Rosselló
INDEX
RECOMMENDATIONS 1990-1996
RECOMMENDATIONS 1981-1989
RECOMMENDATIONS 1970-1979
RECOMMENDATIONS 1960-1968
RECOMMENDATIONS 1950-1959
RECOMMENDATIONS 1946-1949
RECOMMENDATIONS 1934-1939

Recommendations from 1990-1992

1. The struggle against illiteracy: operational policies, strategies and programmes for the 1990s (1990) - 42nd session
2. The contribution of education to cultural development (1992) - 43rd session

Recommendations from 1981-1989

1. The interaction between education and productive work (1981) - 38th session
2. The universalization and renewal of primary education in the perspective of an appropriate introduction to science and technology (1984) - 39th session
3. The improvement of secondary education : objectives, structures, content and methods (1986) - 40th session
4. The diversification of post-secondary education in relation to employment (1989) - 41th session

Recommendations from 1970-1979

1. The improved effectiveness of educational systems particularly through reduction of wastage at all levels of instruction (1970)
2. The social back ground of students and their chance of success at school (1971)
3. The relationship between education, training and employment, with particular reference to secondary education, its aims, structure and content (1973)
4. The changing role of the teacher and its influence on preparation for the profession and on in-service training (1975)
5. The international standard classification of education (ISCED) (1975)
6. The problem of information at the national and international level which is posed by the improvement of educational systems (1977)
7. The improvement of the organization and management of education systems as a means of raising efficiency in order to extend the right to education (1979) - 37th Session

Recommendations from 1960-1968

1. Preparation and issuing of general secondary school curricula (1960)
2. Organization of special education for mentally handicapped children (1960)
3. Organization of one-teacher primary schools (1961)
4. Organization of the pre-primary education (1961)
5. Educational planning (1962)
6. Further training of primary teachers in service (1962)
7. The organization of educational and vocational guidance (1963)
8. The struggle against the shortage of primary teachers (1963)
9. Literacy and adult education (1965)
10. The teaching of modern foreign languages in secondary schools (1965)
11. The organization of educational research (1966)
12. Teachers abroad (1966)
13. The shortage of secondary school teachers (1967)
14. Health education in primary schools (1967)
15. Education for international understanding as an integral part of the curriculum and life of the school
    (1968)
16. The study of environment in school (1968)

Recommendations from 1950-1959

1. The international interchange of teachers (1950)
2. The teaching of handicrafts in secondary schools (1950)
3. Introduction to mathematics in primary schools (1950)
4. Compulsory education and its prolongation (1951)
5. School meals and clothing (1951)
6. Access of women to education (1952)
7. Teaching of natural science in secondary schools (1952)
8. Primary teacher training (1953)
9. The status of primary teachers (1953)
10. Secondary teacher training (1954)
11. The status of secondary teachers (1954)
12. The financing of education (1955)
13. The teaching of art in primary and secondary schools (1955)
14. School inspection (1956)
15. The teaching of mathematics in secondary schools (1956)
16. The expansion of school building (1957)
17. The training of primary teacher training staffs (1957)
18. The preparation and issuing of the primary school curriculum (1958)
19. Facilities for education in rural areas (1958)
20. Preparation, selection and use of primary school textbooks (1959)
21. Measures to increase facilities for the recruitment and training of technical and scientific staff (1959)

Recommendations from 1946-1949

1. Equality of opportunity for secondary education (1946)
2. The teaching of hygiene (health education) in primary and secondary schools (1946)
3. The free provision of school supplies (1947)
4. Physical education in secondary schools (1947)
5. The teaching of handwriting (1948)
6. The development of international understanding among young people and teaching about international organizations (1948)
7. The development of psychological services in education (1948)
8. The teaching of geography as a means developing international understanding (1949)
9. The introduction to natural science in primary schools (1949)
10. The teaching of reading (1949)

Recommendations from 1934-1939

1. Compulsory schooling and the raising of the school leaving age (1934)
2. Admission to secondary schools (1934)
3. Economies in the field of public education (1934)
4. The professional training of elementary school teachers (1935)
5. The professional training of secondary school teachers (1935)
6. Councils of public instruction (1935)
7. The organization of special schools (1936)
8. The organization of rural education (1936)
9. Legislation regulating school buildings (1936)
10. School inspection (1937)
11. The teaching of modern languages (1937)
12. The teaching of psychology in the training of elementary and secondary school teachers (1937)
13. The salaries of elementary school teachers (1938)
14. The teaching of classical languages (1938)
15. The drafting, utilisation and choice of school text-books (1938)
16. The salaries of secondary school teachers (1939)
17. The organization of pre-school education (1939)
18. The teaching of geography in secondary schools (1939)