English transcription: Experimental school for adult education. Posters are produced to refresh the pupils' minds of words they have already learned.
French transcription: Ecole expérimentale d'alphabétisation. Affiche servant à rappeler aux élèves les mots déjà appris.
Description: A close-up of a young man holding a poster written in Arabic. The poster is clearly visible and shows pictures with words underneath each picture.

English transcription: Experimental school for adult education. Machine for recording the most common words in order to simplify the Arab language.
French transcription: Ecole expérimentale d'alphabétisation. Appareil à enregistrer les mots les plus usuellement employés pour une simplificaton de la langue arabe.
Description: A man in a white shirt presses the keys on a machine for recording Arabic words. On the table next to the machine is an illustrated sheet of paper that he is keying into the machine. The machine is resting on a table against the wall of the room. The bottom of a picture is visible on the wall.

English transcription: Experimental school for adult education. A system for filing the more common words used in the Arab language.
French transcription: École expérimentale d’alphabétisation. Fichier central de classement des mots.
Description: Deux hommes sont agenouillés devant un meuble de classement et chacun a tiré un tiroir plein de cartes perforées. Ils en ont sorti quelques unes dont ils examinent le contenu.

English transcription: UNESCO project brings progressive education to Ecuador Primary Schools. An experiment in formative education installed by a UNESCO expert in primary schools in Quito three years ago has achieved gratifying results. By giving more depth to learning in Ecuador's primary grades, when normally only three per cent of students reach secondary school, the progressive method of teaching wich offers more elasticity and initiative, has received tremendous backing from teachers, education authorities, students and parents. Lessons in condensation teach children how rain is formed.

Description: Dans une salle de classe, les enfants sont répartis en groupes et encadrés par un enseignant. Au premier plan, un groupe de filles est rassemblé autour d'une installation de chimie. L'une d'entre elles tient une allumette et s'apprête à commencer l'expérience.