Recent Developments in Rural Education and Training

In recent years the notion that lack of formal education is the one stumbling block that obstructs social and economic development has lost ground. It appears more and more uncertain, for instance, whether education follows or precedes economic growth. As Malassis ¹ rightly puts it, the problem is to know if rural education is the cause or the consequence of growth. Thus while the role of informal training is gaining in momentum, formal education in its traditional forms shows its limitations as a development catalyst.