Report By Commissioner Of Education Earl McGrath, Report On the 14th International Conference On Public Education
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OCR Page 1 of 7REPORT ON THE 14th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PUBLIC EDUCATION*
The Fourteenth International Conference on Public Education sponsored
by UNESCO and the International Bureau of Education convened at Geneva,
Switzerland, on July 12, 1951, and remained in session until July 21. More
than 40 other nations sent at least one representative and some sent several,
the largest groups coming from the United States (5), Great Britain (4),
France (4), and Switzerland (4) The following conference officers were
elected: president, Julien (Kuypers of Belgium; first vice president,
Earl J. McGrath of the United States; second vice president, P. N. Kirpal
of India; third vice president, M. Mehran of Iran; fourth vice president,
Jorge Manach of Cuba.
The first session heard' a stirring address. from Jaime Torres Bodet,
Director General of UNESCO, in which he laid particular emphasis upon the
need for spreading fundamental education throughout the world. He pointed
to the fact that more than 60 percent of the peoples of the world are
illiterate and that while they remain so it would be extremely difficult
to reach them with "the UNESCO story" and the messages of other international
agencies dedicated to the improvement of world economic and social- conditions
and to the cause of peace with justice. Dr. Torres Bodet urged, therefore,
as he had a year earlier at the 1 .3th conference, that the delegates give
primary consideration to the matter of developing free, compulsory systems
of education throughout the world.
As originally planned, the agenda included reports from representatives
on the development of education in their countries during 1950-51, a discussion
* By Earl J. McGrath, U. S. Commissioner of Education, Federal Security Agency,
Washington, D. C., at the 14th International Conference on Public Education
sponsored by UNESCO and the International Bureau of Education, Geneva,
Switzerland, July 12, 1951. Published in UNESCO News, Vol. V, No. 3,
Sept. 1951, pp. 3-5.
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