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 the whole school system. It had education sections in all the district people's councils, which administered and, through their inspectors, controlled the teachers and the teaching programs. Party control at all levels was exercised either directly by the Party's basic organizations, as was the case in the higher institutes, or through the branches of the Union of Albanian Working Youth, the Party's most powerful front organization. The majority of the teachers in secondary schools and higher institutes were Party members.