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The updated version includes information on the rapid growth of the electronic educational media market, the diversification and regionalisation of textbook production and the introduction of standards and quality criteria. The united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization is a specialized agency of. In 1964, unesco launched the elaboration of the general history of africa gha with a view to remedy the general ignorance on africas history. The publication is the result of collaboration between the unesco chair at the university of gothenburg, unesco, iamcr and a range of other partners.
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