Stobbe R. 1963 Asian Trip New Delhi Jan. 15 to be looked upon as models and issue to serve as a vanguard that perhaps could stimulate a more widespread upgrading of education. I believe Ford had in mind developing perhaps 8 or 10 such schools but although the Indian contact on this matter seemed to agree, some time later he talked about using the money offered to help the schools in a depressed area, evidently missing (or ignoring) the Ford objective. Parvin now is simply biding his time, hopeful that the Indians will eventually accept the original proposal. Ford also urged, and was willing to help support, 5 primary teacher training institutions as each as a pilot effort but the Indians, for political reasons want to have one in each state. They are thinking in terms of 85 units. The big bugaboo to improving science training is the External Examination. The attitude is negative if not outright rebellious against teaching anything not likely to appear on this Examination. The examination is set by retired faculty members and others (university scholars) who form an elite group that determines what must be known to enter college.