Stolnic R. 1963 Asian Trip 235 Manila Feb. 14 The school handles 2500 students, 300 are preparing to teaching. The rest will go into industry. 1250 are on evening courses. Printing, welding, refrigeration, metal shops, foundry shop, mechanical drawing are courses taught. 5th & 6th grade students are available for practice teaching. After their visit I had lunch with the science group + was quite a valentine. In the afternoon we went to Arellano Highschool to visit science classes. I met Miss Visitacion Mendoza, Head of the Natural Science Dept. I saw stuffed birds, prepared specimens, models, etc., mostly prepared by the students. Local high Sci Fair entries. The highschools are encouraged to have science fairs. There is a National Science Fair every 2 yrs. Each school has a vocational department that helps with equipment and school construction. The schools follow a syllabus developed by the Department of Education. In Manila the teachers have considerable leeway in the development of syllabus topics but