Meeting paper presenting nine country reports on educational reform and educational innovations in Africa, particularly as related to the educational needs of national development - discusses practical studies on a level of secondary education for school-leaving, particularly, examines educational policy providing basic education and mass education, also deals with experimental schools on all educational levels of the educational system, and refers to curriculum development for these schools, considers questions related to literacy campaigns and language of instruction, with special mention of the choice of a script for Somali, studies the application of educational radio, educational television and correspondence courses in solving problems of distance teaching, concludes with a report stressing sub-regional cooperation in East Africa for information exchange on the application of educational innovations in basic education, making special reference to educational documentation