Stebbins, R. 1963 Asian Trip Bangkok Jan. 29 and says the students like it. It is not dull like their usual work. The group listened attentively to my expose of guidelines; then Miss Panee said the main problem would be for the teachers to find time to study the manual and to think about design experiments. Secondary school teachers teach many subjects and work so hard there is no time or energy left for creative thinking. Mrs. Pumee, the Sci. Ed. Supervisor, said prescience students get 8 hours of theoretical and 2 hrs. of practical science a week, including all phases of science. There are about 4 hrs. a week allotted for science in the non-science curriculum and lab. time depends on the teacher, who may prefer to make the course all theoretical. One teacher [illegible] handlets Miss Panee pointed out that a big problem was lack of suitable reference materials or need for translation into Thai, since few secondary school teachers know English. There is also the problem of the examination that is prescribed at the end of the secondary school training & must be passed