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teaching staff and providing more teachers for additional subjects. The following table shows the increase in the number of students in various faculties of Kabul University: Name of Faculty 1958-59 1960-61 Medicine and Pharmacology 357 361 Law ... ... ... 309 246 Science ... ... 322 298 Literature ... ... 172 165 Engineering and Agriculture 86 146 Theology ... ... 96 79 Economics ... ... 81 120 Medicine (Women) ... 58 73 Literature (Women) ... 33 58 Science (Women) ... 50 22 During the fourth year of the Plan 206 young men graduated from various Faculties and were employed in various organisations. The Faculty of Engineering and Agriculture sent out its very first batch of graduates this year. The following table shows the number of graduates of various faculties: Name of Faculty Number of Graduates Medicine ... ... 32 Law ... ... ... 57 Science ... ... 24 Theology ... ... 24 Economics ... ... 27 Engineering and Agriculture... 13 A few Faculties adopted the American system of semesters and credits. This system will eventually be adopted by all Faculties. The University provides board and lodging for 486 students whose families do not live near the University. The University has started two periodicals, the Kabul University News which is a monthly, and a magazine on physical education. The libraries of the Faculties of Science, Engineering and Agriculture, and Literature and of the Institute of Education have been reorganised and books have been catalogued according to up-to-date methods. The Department of Foreign Relations of Kabul University is concerned with sending students abroad for specialised studies. During the fourth year of the Plan this department has sent 57 young men to the U.A.R., West Germany, Britain, France, Switzerland, the Soviet Union, the United States and Belgium to study education, atomic physics, organic chemistry, engineering, economics, medicine, motor repairs, physical education, wireless telephony, agriculture and mathematics. The Department of Foreign Relations also made arrangements for a number of Chinese students to study Pakhto and Persian Literature, a German scholar to make observations in the field of archaeology, and two Japanese students to study the Pakhto language on Kabul University Scholarships. Twenty-two young Afghans obtained their doctorate or M.A. from universities of various foreign countries where they had studied. In order to meet the growing demand for educational material, Kabul University has opened a supply centre with departments for compilation, graphic arts, audio-visual media and photography. 30,082,405 Afghanis were spent during the last financial year on the completion of laboratories, libraries and buildings for various faculties. In order to keep the teaching staff up-to-date the University has continued to send a number of teachers from various faculties to study in well-known universities in Europe and America. The curriculum of each faculty is revised every year with a view to giving students more up-to-date information on various subjects and the number of local professors has increased accordingly. The Women's Faculty of Medicine has 61 students at present and the School of Nursing (men) and the School of Nursing (women) have both made considerable progress. There is still a shortage of local teachers. The editorial board of the medical journal published by the Faculty of 22