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Meanwhile, "urgent discussions" among Monro, Judson T. Shaplin '42, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Education, the Corporation and R. Sargent Shriver, Jr., director of the Peace Corps, still have failed to produce a definite decision to hold Peace Corps training seminars at the University...
This method works well for a small number of "volunteer" teachers. But an accompanying development of Nigeria's educational system would, in Shaplin's opinion, result in Americans replacing Nigerians of lower quality and training. This, he believes, would hinder rather than help educational progress in the long...
American teachers could serve Nigeria's long range interests in two ways, Shaplin said. First, they could replace Nigerian Faculty members temporarily to help native teachers receive further training through increased sabbatical opportunities...
...they could fill posts made available by expansion of secondary school facilities. Eventually, enough qualified Nigerians could be trained to form a an expansion of the program without permanent staff. The ultimate replacement of all Americans by Nigerian teachers must be the goal of any guided exchange program, Shaplin emphasized...
...organization of this scope cannot hope to coordinate the educational problems of a nation two-thirds as populous as England, Shaplin said. At best, it can find random jobs for a limited number of exchange teachers; and even this process often requires months...