TEXACO RECEIVES 1995 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY; Company Honored For Support Of National Teaching Training Institute.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 9, 1995--Texaco has received the 1995 Achievement Award from the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) in recognition of the company's support for the National Teacher Training Institute for Math, Science and Technology (NTTI).

The AECT Achievement Award honors individuals and corporations that in the past year have made the most significant contribution to the advancement of educational communications and technology.

Texaco was recognized for its sponsorship of the NTTI, an educational partnership with PBS flagship station Thirteen/WNET in New York, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and public television stations around the country.

Now in its fifth year, the Institute provides teachers with hands-on training for incorporating television and emerging technologies into math and science lessons, as well as interactive techniques to increase student interest and achievement. The Institute is one of the nation's largest grassroots teacher training projects; by the end of this school year, an estimated 75,000 teachers and 10 million students nationwide will have been trained or taught using its methods.

"More than five years ago, Texaco recognized the need to substantially invest in our nation's teachers," said Ruth Ann Burns, Vice President of Thirteen/WNET. "As professionals in the 1990s, teachers needed, and continue to need, professional development in order to teach with 21st Century tools -- television, computers and multimedia. Texaco's support has positively changed the classroom for thousands of teachers across America."

"Innovative companies can help school children in the U.S. to achieve national excellence in science and math," said Stanley D. Zenor, AECT Executive Director. "Through its support of the National Teacher Training Institute, Texaco is most deserving of this recognition."

Added Senior Vice President William K. Tell, Jr.: "We are pleased with the enthusiasm that teachers across the country have shown for the National Teacher Training Institute, which has helped so many students."

Accepting the award for Texaco will be Maria Mike-Mayer, Manager of Corporate Contributions, February 9 at the AECT National Convention in Anaheim, Calif.

The AECT is a Washington, D.C.-based, non-profit organization with a mission to improve education through the systematic planning, application and production of communications media for the classroom. Its 5,000 members include technology specialists, educational technologists, audio-visual and television producers and teachers.

The Institute is based on a model of "teachers teaching teachers." It trains teachers how to record and utilize short video segments in their lessons to spark student discussion and participation, reinforcing active rather than passive viewing habits. In the program, television is never used alone as an entertainment device, but as an integral part of a classroom lesson. CD-ROMs, laser-discs, on-line computer networks and other technologies also are used as teaching tools.

CONTACT: TEXACO INC., White Plains

Cynthia Michener, 914/253-4743