in Albania, for Selected Years_

1938/39 1950/51 1960/61 1967/68

_Primary and Secondary Education_
Schools 649 2,222 2,990 3,597
Pupils 55,404 172,831 290,728 455,557
Teachers 1,477 4,942 9,071 16,758

_Secondary Professional Schools_
Schools 5 17 34 25
Pupils 879 4,818 14,105 21,005
Teachers 34 171 511 638

Normal Schools
Schools (3) (8) (11) (5)
Pupils (675) (2,525) (5,591) (2,708)
Teachers (18) (61) (200) (115)

Technical Schools
Schools (2) (9) (23) (20)
Pupils (204) (2,253) (8,514) (18,297)
Teachers (16) (110) (311) (522)

_Higher Education_
Institutes 1 6 6
Students 304 6,703 12,436
Professors and assistants 13 288 606

_All Educational Systems_*
Schools 654 2,240 3,030 3,628
Pupils and students 56,283 177,953 311,536 498,997
Teachers and instructors 1,511 5,126 10,942 18,001

* The lower vocational schools are not included.

Source: Adapted from _Vjetari Statistikor i R. P. Sh._, 1967-68,
Tirana, 1968, p. 115.

The chain of command in the organization of the educational system in
1970 ran from the Party Politburo to the education sections in the
district people's councils. The Politburo set the general policy
guidelines and directives. In 1968 the Politburo created a Central
Commission on Education attached to the Central Committee and headed by
Prime Minister Mehmet Shehu. The commission's function was to elaborate
the Politburo's directives on reforming the school system. When Mehmet
Shehu submitted the report on behalf of the commission to the plenum of
the Central Committee in June 1969 concerning the reorganization of the
school system, it was decided to continue the commission for an
indefinite