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Feb.:6.
Juan must OK orders for equipment.
No question about VI. but since I the new
schools must be looked at closely.
The Form 6 science building of the school
was built in 1955. VI became a government
school in 1936.
Mr. Allen told us New Zealand brought
men from MIT in U.S. to help with PSSC
program there. Biology program (BSCS)
to come. The programs have great appeal
in New Zealand because equipment is
not expensive.
Changes in science teaching may
come in England first and will then
permeate Malaya. However, our feeling is
that Malaya should not wait, if it feels
change is desirable. Juan says they
are watching curricular changes in U.S.
with interest and are engaged in
syllabus review in Malaya, however,
no scientists are involved as yet.
Juan's feeling is that the groundwork
should be laid first and then they
will call in scientists for advice.
Both Dart and I felt that perhaps by
then the program would have become
crystallized by non-science people and
suggestions by the scientists might
not be followed or the scientists might
merely accept what had been worked out.