ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A debt of gratitude is owed to the staff of the SMILE and READ organisations who so willingly co-operated in this project. Their cheerful disposition, their preparedness to share information and expertise, and their innumerable acts of practical assistance made the conducting of this project a pleasurable undertaking. The principals, teachers and pupils of the eight schools are to be thanked for their preparedness to have their classrooms invaded by researchers and their willingness to place their activities under scrutiny. The research assistants who conducted the field work, checked the data and performed the proof-reading tasks are also to be thanked for their diligence and efficiency. Finally, the Joint Education Trust is to be congratulated on its preparedness t