In this issue: EDITORIAL
* Basic education in the twenty-first century and the challenges for secondary education, Cecilia Braslavsky
VIEWPOINTS/CONTROVERSIES
* Education in the changing context: new social functions, Yogesh Atal
* Reform of TVET for the changing world of work, David Wilson
OPEN FILE: SECONDARY EDUCATION REFORM
* Overview: secondary education at the crossroads, Rupert Maclean
* Secondary education in Latin America and the labour market crisis, Daniel Filmus
* Financing the development of secondary education in developing countries, Keith Lewin and Françoise Caillods
* New societies and economies: changing demands for secondary education in Central and Eastern Europe, Albert Motivans
* Continuities and discontinuities in secondary education in Western Europe, Manuel Joaquim de Azevedo
* Issues for the Asia-Pacific region, Phillip Hughes
TRENDS/CASES
* Educational research in India: an analytical study of a research journal, V. K. Raina