during the past five years in student academic achievement, the overall standard still lower than tpat in schools in the United States. / ... Higher education T/L.1245 English Page 15 76. The Council is pleased to note the determination of the Goverrunents of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau to support "a unified College of Micronesia system", by combining a number of liberal arts, vocational and occupational post-secondary colleges in the three entities. 77. It notes further the view of the representative of Palau that funding for the colleges involved should come from outside the compact. It asks that the Administering Authority give consideration to this. 78. The Council is pleased at the increasing number of Trust Territory students engaged in post-secondary eciucation in the United States and other countries. It is particularly encouraged at signs that Micronesian graduates are beginning to return to the Territory to put those skills to good use locally rather than working overseas. 79. The Council urges the territorial Governments to seek more places for their students at both the University of Papua New Guinea and the University of the South Pacific at Suva, Fiji.· It recognizes that this may require the universities to relax their foreign student quotas and urges the Administering Authority to intercede on the Territory's behalf with the Governments concerned. Elementary and secondary education 80. The Council is pleased to hear that elementary emrolment in the Marshall -Islands increased by 7 per cent in 1984 fer public schools and by 17 per cent for private schools, although it hopes that the increasing trend towards private school education is nota sign of growing dissatisfaction .with the standard of public school education .. It notes, howevet, that enrolment at the secondary level increased by only 2 per cent for both types of schools and that this had much to do 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be focused on the development and improvement of educational systems and institutions in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau. It highlights the efforts to unify the College of Micronesia system, increasing enrollment in post-secondary education, and seeking more places for students at universities in other countries. The text also touches on the quality of elementary and secondary education, with a concern about the increasing trend towards private school education. This suggests that the category should be related to education.

**Category**
Education