The compilers of this Twentieth Annual Report are grateful to the majority of countries participating in the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan for submitting contributions as requested. It is regrettable however that some countries which are known to use and to benefit substantially from the Plan have not sent in any statement. It is hoped that with the support of all Scholarship agencies the Twenty-first Annual Report for the year ending 31 March 1981, on which work is already in progress, will be published in good time and in complete form.