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Jan. 15
45 in their respective schools. The effort will be
to get the best teachers that can be found.
There will be one U.S. professor for each work-
shop.
A few incidental comments: There are
5 elementary school texts in Punjab area.
Out of 250 teacher training institutes, there
are only 5 science labs. Out of 18000 secondary
schools in India, 2000 teach physics.
Lemard expressed a desire for copies of
our guide-lines manual for use and
evolution (of the manual) in the summer
institute program.
Dr. Dant enquired further about dropout
jun school. Important reason is economic.
Children are obliged to work. "The old man
quits at 45, makes peace with his friends
and relatives prior to that, then spends his
last 10 years making peace with God."
90% of secondary schools are private
"All" students are after government
jobs. This stems from British background. They
set up secondary schools to pick people for
government jobs.
Lemard has serious question as to how many
children should go through secondary school.
The thinking through in this point will be done
by the Ministry of Education and the University
Grants Committee. The Ministry will then advise
the states on this matter.
The Central Govt. gives grants to the state govt.