ct legislatures.
N speech and
rast half of the
interscholastic
ms of current
Territory,
gh school level]
ns and libraries
ofsomeof the
Is
age
:
recognizes the
lucation as an
education of
chool. A voca‘'alau as part of
and in other
ght in carpen-
!
other
skills
living in their
ls learn food
‘eaving, home
lild care, and
drses. Agriculwhere suitable
extension courses under auspices yp. to bona fide Territory students
the University of Guam were offs trending the University of Guam
Jer private sponsorship. Underthis
during the summer of 1968 in T
Ponape. Palau, Yap, and the Mar program. registration costs and tuition
Islands districts and during the sch ees lor eligible students are paid by
e Government. This year about 64
year on Saipan.
tudents took advantageof this aid.
|
;
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m
ion
Progra
of
higher
educat
Provided outside the Territor
y thro
the Government’s scholarship progr
A
and through partial subsidies,
inchygy
ne ransportation grants, to
privae
scno
1
studenie, holders
or
‘poms
Chapter 5
OTHER SCHOOLS
During 1968, the amount of mong Nursery and Kindergarten Schools —
for scholarships continued
at the tale
of over $500,000 a year.
Of the 1 A nursery/kindergarten project was
Government scholars studyi
ng outsiglB stated in 1967 for 90 children on
the Territory, 56 were in
Ebeye. Marshall Islands District, for a
medical
paramedical fields. In additi
penod of 6 months. This project was
on to iF
Government scholars,
}made possible through Title I of the
118 oth
Micronesian students attended
Elementary and Secondary Education
Colleom
outside the Territory. Of
. Act.
these, |
were supported by district legislat
ult
[he Catholic mission on Saipan,
scholarships, 37 byreligiou
s Organig
tions, nine by the East-W
Mianana Islands District, has been
est Cent
and 60 by other means
or self-inity F operating a nursery/kindergarten since
1951. During the period of review,
ive.
f 204 children age 3-5 were enrolled.
Funds for 1969 will, ata
minimu
|
HIGHER
is,
theter
Micnn
n Cen
ro-
ffer programs
‘udents. The
itm Institute
ed practical
ngt
The availability of U.S. Office of
sustain and possibly inc
rease
teonumic Opportunity (OEQO) funds
number of students who wil
l begin &
resulted in “Operation Head Start”
continue their education
at school
summer programs for the first time in
outside
the
Territory
for
th
1%67 in target areas located in Truk,
1968-1969 school
ye
Thi
include 6 | students ““
Ponape,
the Mariana Islands, and Yap
in medica
ii l 4q |
districts, In 1968, Family Head Start
paramedicalfields,
%
programs expanded to include, in addi-
tion to the above sites, the Marshall
The number of students enro
lled: @ Islands
and Palau districts.
higher education increase
d from 25I
in 1966, to 292 in 1967,
and 3514
S terminated
Family Head Start is a large cooper1968. Of these students
, 159
wive endeavor actively involvi
because of enrolled in the
ng such
University of Guam,
and improve in Hawaii
components in the districts as the
, 21 in the Philippines, an
OFO Community Action Agencies.
1!8 in mainland United
States af
I-ducation, Peace Corps, Public Health,
foreign areas.
‘fg Mission schools, women’
ry has no
s
clubs,
| Parents, and community.
igher educaIt
A program continues
is
a
prowhereby
fri tailor-made for Micronesia
Nege credit, Administrati
in
on grants partial scholafi
Part VIII--Educational Advanceme
Fiscal Year 1968
that it acknowledges the central role
of parents and the familiar community
as the ultimate “teacher” and as the
vehicle whereby any youngster is
propelled forward to the fullest limit
of his mental and physical potential.
Children between 4 and 9 who had
never before entered school attended
classes held in public as well as private
schools and were taught by public and
private school teachers, Peace Corps
Volunteers, and, in some districts, by
recent high school graduates. Teacher
aides were hired, and parents volun-
teered and assisted as possible. About
1,125 children were enrolled in {967
and 2,562 in 1968.
Prior to the opening of classes,
orientation and training sessions were
conducted; parents and community
helpers assisted in constructing waterseal latrines, cook-houses, and play-
ground facilities where needed. Classes
for children ran for 6 weeks, from 3 to
4 hours daily. In-service and adult
education classes in sanitation, health,
nutrition, cooking, and education were
held in afternoons for teachers, aides.
and parents. Public Health not only
programmed
extensive
screening,
physical and dental examinations, but
also follow-up treatments and preventive and educational classes. In
districts where electricity and generators were available, effective use was
made of audio-visual media. These
Public Health teams by taking their
services to the many isolated centers,
were able to reach many children and
parents who might otherwise have
been left out.
As the need for planning and training for future Head Start programs
became evident, a year-round Head
Start Center was established on Truk
as a pilot project in 1967-68 through
grant-in-aid
funds
from
the
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