Educational Development in the Asian Countries-Issues and Coping Strategies

The Asian region consists of some forty independent countries. In 1980， there were 2，558 million people （roughly 58% of the world population） living in this part of this world （which covers 20.3% of the world land area）with per capita income ranging from as high as US$8，378 IN Japan（1981）to as low as US$112 in Bangladesh（1978/1979）. The population density of the region is fairly high and the rapid population growth is still a considerable handicap for economic development in most of the Asian co