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(v) Provide one expert for the Printing Press of the Ministry of Education. (vi) Assistance for Kabul Museum in the form of three experts, namely, one chief of team, one expert on the restoration of ivory pieces, and one expert for the preparation of a Museum Catalogue. Another expert will also be procured for arranging the interior of the Museum and display of Museum pieces. An additional number of requests have been made by the National Commission earlier this year. It is hoped that these will receive favourable attention by U.N.E.S.C.O. during the years 1959-1960. The National Commission has been in constant contact with the U.N.E.S.C.O. Secretariat and has provided all possible information asked for by the different departments of U.N.E.S.C.O. U.N.E.S.C.O. Gift Coupons: U.N.E.S.C.O. has been issuing, since some time in the past, Gift Coupons, against which the recipient institutions in various countries can purchase equipment of an educational and cultural character. These coupons are in the form of Cash Vouchers convertible into dollars on demand anywhere in the world. Such coupons have been received from different institutions, schools and persons either by the Ministry of Education or allied institutions. The National Commission has been acting as a clearing agency for these after thanking the donors and acknowledging receipt of the Gift Coupons. The National Commission itself has utilised some of this money for setting up a model office. The total amount of money received by the National Commission in the form of U.N.E.S.C.O. Gift Coupons during the past and current years was $2,100. Six hundred and fifty dollars of this amount was presented to the Faculty of Science, Kabul University. 2—The World Health Organisation: This world organisation naturally has closer relations with the Ministry of Public Health than with the Ministry of Education, but even so it has been co-operating with the Ministry of Education in matters affecting the University of Kabul. For example, the term of service of the Professor of Pediatrics loaned to Kabul University ended at the end of last year, but the services of the Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine are being continued. W.H.O. has also continued its assistance in the field of training nurses. 3—Governmental and Non-Governmental Organisations: United States International Co-operation Administration: The U.S. I.C.A. continued its assistance to the following projects:— (i) The School of Agriculture. (ii) The Afghan Institute of Technology. (iii) The Institute of Education and the Teaching of the English language. (iv) The Faculty of Engineering and Agriculture. (v) University Administration. Details of this assistance can be found in the reports of the Department of Vocational Education and Kabul University. An agreement concerning the construction of the buildings of Kabul University has also been concluded between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Public Works on the one side and the U.S. I.C.A. on the other. Under the terms of the agreement for University Administration, a five- or six-man team from one of the front-ranking American universities is to visit Afghanistan during the current year with the object of studying and recommending measures to be taken for the future development of the University of Kabul. 25