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The Ministry of Education's Part in the Rural Development Project: The Community Development Project holds an important place among the economic and social activities of the country. The object of such projects is the acquainting of rural populations with modern systems of agriculture, health and hygiene and economics. It is, therefore, apparent that the rôle of the Ministry of Education in the new life of the villager is a specially important one because it is its duty to inform the people, through proper education and training, of the needs and requirements of modern life. This task is being accomplished by U.N.E.S.C.O. experts and local and foreign instructors. The Ministry of Education deals with the following aspects of the project:- (1) The modern teacher should be acquainted with rural life so that he may be able to help in improving the economic and social life of the people. In order to achieve this purpose, students of the final year of Primary Teachers' Training School spend the last two months at the project, where they follow a course of training in community development, hygiene, agriculture, art, and adult and village education. This is supplemented by practical training on the spot. (2) The Ministry follows special systems of education and training in village schools in accordance with the development of the project. PART III ACTIVITIES OF KABUL UNIVERSITY New Establishments: (1) Faculty of Pharmacists (with 4-year term of study). (2) Faculty of Science for Women (4-year term of study). (3) Seminar on philology with special emphasis on Pushto. This seminar was inaugurated at the Faculty of Letters for a period of eight weeks under the supervision of two experienced foreign professors. The participants comprised Pushto teachers of the Faculty of Letters and secondary schools. (4) Post-graduate seminar in education (at the Institute of Education). The participants are teachers possessing university degrees and after spending a time in learning about teaching methods and success in examinations they are given the degree of M.A. (5) Seminar on scientific research. In this seminar scholars and experts of the Ministry of Education and Kabul University are considering the bases for research in education. It is convened once a week. (6) A series of lectures delivered by qualified scholars and authorities on various subjects employed in the various Ministries and Departments. (7) Invitations to certain famous foreign professors to deliver lectures for a brief period. Cultural Relations: (1) Admission into the International Atomic Organisation. A Russian pro- 20