This Encyclopedia, arranged alphabetically, contains 152 articles on national systems of education.

The reviews are all structured in the same way, providing the following information. • general background information, eg. geographical, social structure, economic factors. • politics and goals of the educational system. • the formal structure of education. • administrative and supervisory structure.             • educational finance. • personnel for the education system.    • curriculum development. • examinations, promotion and certification. • educational assessment, evaluation and research. • review of the major reforms in the 1980s and early 1990s. • problems for the year 2000. • references and further  reading