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The Kabul Public Library is increasingly becoming a centre of attraction for the youth of the city. Group discussions are arranged during which girls and boys from various schools can express their views on diverse subjects. The photo shows the audience during one of these discussions.
for Kandahar technical school; the chief of the U.N.E.S.C.O. mission in Afghanistan worked as an advisor to elementary and secondary schools in the country and two U.N.E.S.C.O. experts continued their services with the Educational Press and Art School. Likewise U.N.E.S.C.O. sent three experts to Kabul to work in Kabul Museum for a short period and arranged for the display of Afghan school text-books in New Zealand. During the fourth year of the Plan the department made arrangements for various representatives of the Ministry of Education to take part in various international conferences and meetings.
The Seminar on Compulsory Elementary Education:
This seminar was arranged by U.N.E.S.C.O. in Karachi. Dr. Rawan Ferhadi represented Afghanistan. The Seminar finally decided that provided the disarmament question was resolved $80 billion should be spent on the education of qualified teachers for elementary schools.
Seminar on the Twentieth Conference on Education:
Afghanistan was represented at this conference by Dr. Mohammed Haider, and Dr. Mohammed Akram.
The agenda consisted of the preparation, selection and utilization of text-books in elementary schools, training of personnel, and progress of education and meetings for administrative personnel.
Vocational Education:
Co-sponsored by the International Labour Organisation and the National U.N.E.S.C.O. Commission of Japan for S.E. Asia countries, the seminar took place in Tokyo. Afghanistan was represented by Mr. Mohammed Nasim, who was elected Chairman of the seminar. The seminar discussed the relationship between vocational and technical education, the demand for skilled workers with special reference to the development of the country, the revision of educational programmes, technical and vocational guidance, selection of students and their vocational guidance, equipment and
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