period.

A more permanent body in the Party's Central Committee was the
Directorate of Education and Culture, headed by Nexhmije Hoxha, wife of
Party First Secretary Enver Hoxha. This body, guided by the directives
prescribed by the Politburo, supervised the Ministry of Education and
Culture in implementing the Party's ideological and political
guidelines.

_Table 6. Students Attending Higher Institutes in Albania
(academic year 1967/68)_

Total Number of Students Full-Time Students
Total Female Total Female

State University of Tirana
_Faculties_
Economics 1,275 271 437 137
Geology 255 10 255 10
History and Philology 1,944 701 984 462
Engineering 1,259 139 1,102 120
Law 504 62 163 29
Medicine 1,034 378 1,034 378
Natural Sciences 1,683 529 1,262 440
----- ----- ----- -----
Total 7,954 2,090 5,237 1,576

Higher Agricultural Institute
_Faculties_
Agronomy 1,234 62 839 58
Forestry 174 10 150 8
Veterinary 324 23 324 23
----- ----- ----- -----
Total 1,732 95 1,313 89

Higher Institute of Arts 239 60 232 60

Higher Institute of Physical
Culture 191 39 169 37

Two-Year Higher Institute of
Pedagogy, Tirana 1,113 458 331 140

Two-Year Higher Institute
of Pedagogy, Shkoder 1,206 446 859 316
------ ----- ----- -----
Grand Total 12,435 3,188 8,141 2,218

Source: Adapted from _Vjetari Statistikor i R. P. Sh., 1967-1968_,
Tirana, 1968, p. 125.

The Ministry of Education and Culture was responsible for executing
Party policies and for administering