SIGRAH -7* & W the.- Congre ss now are of the opinion that it is time ta Took beyond the mere physical accomplishments. It is cime.co imbue in our educational system both a philosophy and .a. practical course of action which will make the Department a vital force in shaping the balanced development o£ the Trust Territory. One of the facts which has halted progress in education has been the absence of a replacement for the Director of the Department of Education who leit nearly a year ago. The recent nomination of a Micronesia to this post by the High Commission and. his confirmation by che Congress of Micronesia, we hope, will signal the opportunity for new directions to be taken in education. It is hoped that one of the new directions taken will be to bridge, through education, our present dual economy. We must begin to train not only school age persons, but also older people and dropoucs. This will allow us to move from subsistence to a monetary economy; so young and old alike will be able to make the transition. Similarly, it is foolish and extravagant to continue allocating huge appropriations for education in order to mass preduce students who cannot find jobs and yet are unable to return to traditional ways of life. Furthermore, another aspect of this problem is the fact of more than .1,300 imported laborers in the Trust Territory who might not have been necessary had vocational education been stressed several years ago. In like fashion, had there been more efforts to train our young people in ways of fishing and farming during early years of school, we might today import less canned fish, dairy products and vegetables from other countries. Higher education and development of a high level manpower resource is essential to Micronesia if it is ever to be self-sufficient. The Congress of Micronesia, in recognition of its importance, has annually appropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars for scholarships to Micronesia students.. The last such appropriation of $410 000 in two measures is an indication of such recognition. Despite this effort, and chat of. the Administering Authority, two disturbing facts remain. The first is that as the Visiting Mission reported, 50 percent of the scholarship gxantees Fall to graduate, If this figure is accurate, then immediate steps must be taken in selection of grantees, preparation for higher schooling and also. in counseling and suidance during the course of education. The Administering VES ARCHI OE