Jan. 29 139 for the highschool diploma. Then there is the University Entrance Exam. Few teachers will spend time on new material, since the students must be schooled on the examination questions. Dr. Kloom has written a biology textbook which is close enough to the "yellow version" of BSCS that the "yellow version" lab manual is being be translated into Tots and tried out as the practical part of the course. Kloom emphasized equipment shortages but Mrs. Punnee said that 90% of the highschools had at least 1 compound microscope in the science lab. One of the other group members then said, "Are the students allowed to use it?" which caused considerable laughter. Teacher student ratio in labs is around 1-30. All seemed to feel that Ministry must be convinced before a change will occur and all felt that the new approaches (BSCS & PSSC) were needed. No convincing necessary here. Jan. 30 Spent morning writing letters, including one to Mr. Judge, the Asia Foundation Rep. in Manila, to let him know I was coming. Dr. Dart and I plan to separate again following our trip to Hong Kong; he to go to Taipei and