ABSTRACT
The level and quality of education largely determines the degree of freedom of the individual, the prosperity of a nation and, in the final analysis, even the survival of human society. The illiterate individual is denied full cultural participation in his society; his economic freedom and social mobility are restricted according to such formal knowledge, skills and techniques as may only be gained, and duly certified, within formal educational systems. Changes in educational objectives may be viewed as resulting from a combination of factors. The ability to communicate cheaply and conveniently and the change in locus of 'educational experience' within and across institutions will weaken the identification of participants with a specific set of formally specified educational institutions. Changes in technology, in information and knowledge, have already forced many individuals to take up two or more 'field' careers sequentially.
