EDUCATION DEV ELEMENTARY

PROVIDES BRIEF BACKGROUND OF TEXTBOOK PROGRAM. DISCUSSES ASPECTS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN: 1. TEXTBOOK PROCUREMENT; 2. TEXTBOOK STORAGE, INVENTORY AND ACCOUNTING; 3. TEXTBOOK DISTRIBUTION; 4. INSERVICE TRAINING FOR TEACHERS, AND; 5. MANUAL OF PROCEDURES. TEXTBOOK PROGRAM EXPERIENCED CONTINUOUS DELAYS IN BOOK DELIVERIES AND DIFFICULTIES WITH INVENTORIES. CONTRACTOR ESTABLISHED COMPUTERIZED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. CONTRACTOR INDICATES THAT MAKING PRINCIPALS INSTEAD OF REGIONAL SUPERVISORS RESPONSIBLE FOR OBTAINING BOOKS INFLUENCED SUCCESS OF DISTRIBUTION EFFORTS AND THAT ACCEPTANCE OF PROGRAM BY TEACHERS WAS OBTAINED BY FLOODING THE COUNTRY WITH TEXTBOOKS.