+ extension courses under auspice sessions of ‘the district legislatures. Students participate in speech and essay contests and at least half of the high schools have had interscholastic debates on propositions of current importance to the Trust Territory. the University of Guam were off, during the summer of 1968 in J, Ponape. Palau, Yap, and the Mag Islands districts and during the sof Instruction at the high school level is in English. Classrooms and libraries receive multiple copies of some of the latest literature designed to encourage and improve readingskills. provided outside the Territory thro the Government’s scholarship prog and through partial subsidies, ing The Administration recognizes the value of vocational education as an essential part of the education of young people in high school. A vocational school exists in Palau as part of the public high school and in other districts classes are taught in carpentry, boatbuilding, and other skills students will need for living in their own communities. Girls learn food preparation, sewing, weaving, home nursing, infant and child care, and other homemaking courses. Agriculture receives emphasis where suitable land is available. year on Saipan. 4 A program of higher educatig ing transportation grants, to pr scholarship students. holders or spongy ‘ During 1968, the amountof mq for scholarships continued at the; of over $500,000 a year. Of the! Government scholars studying ou the Territory, 56 were in medied paramedical fields. In addition to Government scholars, 118 Micronesian students attended co outside the Territory. Of these,! were supported by district legislat scholarships, 37 by religious organt tions, nine by the East-West Cen and 60 by other means or self-ini tive. Lee Chapter 4 INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION Two specialized schools, the Micronesian Teacher Education Center and the School of Nursing, offer programs for post-high school students. The Agricultural Division’s Farm Institute in Ponape, which offered practical training in agriculture, was terminated during the year, mainly because of lack of funds to expand and improve the school. Although the Territory has no college or institution of higher education offering courses for college credit, 122 Funds for 1969 will, at a minim sustain and possibly increase number of students who will begin continue their education at sche outside the Territory for § 1968-1969 school year. This } include 61 students in medical paramedicalfields. The number of studentsenrolled higher education increased from @ in 1966, to 292 in 1967, and 35§ 1968. Of these students, 159 ¥ enrolled in the University of Guam in Hawaii, 21 in the Philippines, 118 in mainland United States foreign areas. A program continues whereby§ Administration grants partial scho Part VII--Educational Advancen® o/