David Wylde, ICP President, has sent the following request to member organisations. You can help him by sending the information he asks for to his office at c.blomfield@sacschool.com or to his postal address at St Andrew’s College, PO Box 182, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa.

He writes: "I have agreed to address the topic 'International trends that should be on your agenda' at a conference in South Africa in September. You would help me greatly if you could list at least three of the challenges facing schools / principals / education in your country, with a brief description of each - or if possible a reference where I could research more fully.

As usual I am always in your debt.

Next week I am off to the African Convention of Principals conference in Nigeria, Abuja. "