_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 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