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 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. EXTENSION AGREEMENT 61 Stat., Pt. 3, p. 3267. Period of extension. The Republic of Ecuador (hereinafter referred to as the "Repub- lic"), represented by the Minister of Public Education (hereinafter referred to as the "Minister"), and The Institute of Inter-American Affairs (hereinafter referred to as the "Institute"), a corporate in- strumentality of the Government of the United States of America and successor to the Inter-American Educational Foundation, Inc., (hereinafter referred to as the "Foundation"), represented by its Special Representative, Education Division, Dr. Pedro Osuna (here- inafter referred to as the "Special Representative"), have agreed to extend and modify, in the manner hereinafter set forth, the Agree- ment executed by the Republic and the Foundation on January 22,1945, (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement"), providing for a co- operative education program in Ecuador. CLAUSE I The said cooperative education program is hereby extended for an additional period of approximately six months from the twenty- second day of January 1948 through the thirtieth day of June 1948, CLAUSE II The said cooperative education program shall continue to include: a. Furnishing by the Institute of a small field staff of education specialists for service in Ecuador in carrying out the cooperative edu- cation program. b. Grants to permit Ecuadoran educators to go to the United States for specialized training, to lecture, to teach and to interchange ideas and experiences with United States educators. c. Exploration and survey in Ecuador of local needs and resources for carrying out educational projects at the primary and secondary school levels and in teacher education. d. Development, adaptation, and exchange of suitable teaching ma- terials for teachers at the primary, secondary and teacher education levels. e. Local projects needed to implement the program in Ecuador. The cooperative program of education shall continue to be limited to relatively few projects, each of which is of special interest to the Government of Ecuador, in order that definite results may be obtained and that such results will be indicative of the cooperation existing between the Government of Ecuador and the Government of the United States in the important field of public education. The Ministry of Education considers the solution of the following problems as being particularly important: a. The training of school administrators (school directors, school inspectors, provincial directors of education, etc.) b. The orientation of technical and vocational schools, both urban and rural, at the elementary and secondary level.

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