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Jan. 20
BSc people can teach science. Some students
go into medicine after receiving the BSc.
There is a trend to teach science in Urdia,
When I asked to what extent the schools
emphasize quantification and measurement,
she gave me the answer I have heard repeatedly
-- many schools are not well equipped. The
outdoor laboratory approach is limited by
transportation problems.
Visited laboratories which began work at 4:00 pm.
Zool. lab. Synoptic collection of animals
representing major taxonomic groups.
Many from Turtlex lab were recently obtained
locally. Local fish, sepia, insecta, reptiles,
etc. have been obtained. Uromastix is
dissected as a representative lizard type for BSc.
Saw a few stuffed local birds and a cobra
but all were mounted badly. College started
in 1949 and at first depended on outside
(foreign) sources. Now local dealers are
preparing plaster models of organs (heart,
etc.) dissections, etc. Saw plaster frog
and rabbit dissections. Flexibly killed
guinea are dissected. Saw a jar full
of live leeches to be used in study. The
school has a collector who goes after
material. The approach in zoology
appears to be morphological & taxonomic
but a good feature is the use of local