Meeting paper on educational trends in the field of educational development in forty-four countries of Africa, presents a statistical analysis of enrolment projections and growth up to 1985, based on educational statistics registered between 1960-1972 - examines the relation between the total enrolment and the school-age population, with reference to age group, educational level and country, considers such questions of demography as population dynamics and population projections, deals with educational expenditures, especially public finance, the teacher/student ratio and the education of women and girls, provides an outline of a typology used in projections and describes the statistical methodology employed