TEACHER AND MATERIAL UTILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT

PROJ CONSISTED OF THREE-PRONGED EFFORT -- 1. CURRICULA REVISED AT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS EMPHASIZING MATH AND SCIENCE; 2. UPGRADING OF TEACHERS; 3. INTRODUCTION VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE PROG. INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION (IOE) ADMINISTERED PROGRAM COORDINATING ACTIVITIES WITH OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. PRE-SERVICE AND IN-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMS INSTITUTED. METHODS MANUALS, TEACHER GUIDES AND OTHER TEACHING MATERIALS IN SCIENCE, MATH AND VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURAL PREPARED IN CONJUNCTION WITH CURRIUCLUM DEVELOPMENT CENTER (CDC). PUBLICATION OF EDUCATION TEXTS IMPROVED THROUGH REORGANIZATION AND POLICY REVISION WITHIN GOVT"S EDUCATION PUBLICATION ORGANIZATION--JANAK MATERIALS ORGANIZATION. EVALUATIONS OF TEACHER/CURRICULUM EFFECTIVENESSCONDUCTED. AID CONTRACTED NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION FOR MATH, SCIENCE AND GENERAL EDUCATION SPECIALISTSS AND TEACHCORPS PERSONNEL. U.S. PARTICIPANT TRAINING OF COUNTERPARTS PROVIDED. AS RESULT OF EVALUATION IN SEPT 1974 PROJ ACTIVITIES WERE REVISED WITH PURPOSE OF INSTITUTIONALIZING CURRICULUM REFORM AND TEACHER TRAINING. EFFORTS CONCENTRATED ON STRENGTHENING PROCESS OF EVALUATION, FEEDBACK AND REVISION CARRIED OUT IN UNBROKEN TRIANGLE BY THE IOE, CDC AND THE SCHOOLS. SUPERVISORS TRAINING PROGRAM ADDED TO DEVELOP PERSONNEL TO INTERPRET NEW CURRICULUM IN FIELD AND EVALUATE TEACHER PERFORMANCE. AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION ELEMENT DELETED AND INCLUDED IN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL SCIENCES PROJECT.