বাংলাদেশের স্বাধীনতা যুদ্ধ দলিলপত্রঃ তৃতীয় পত্র
(b) Conducting technical studies and research regarding Plan projects and programmes.
(c) Preparing study material and reports on the plan.
(d) Following up of Plan projects, etc.
The heads of the Technical Divisions are subject-specialists designated as Chiefs or Directors, who are assisted by Deputy and Assistant Chiefs and adequate research Staff.
A brief description of the Technical Divisions is given below:
(1) Economic Division
The activities of this Division may grouped into two main categories:
(a) Overall aspects of planning, &
(b) Assessment of Resources.
In regard to overall aspects of Planning, the Division examines such issues as are connected with the size of the plan, objectives and priorities and Broad economic policy to be pursued for achieving the objectives of the plan. In regard to resources, the main function of the Division is to work out an assessment of financial resources, domestic as well as foreign. The Division has also to give an overall evaluation of the progress achieved over a particular period in economic terms. The Division has also to deal with references received from the various Ministries, and outside bodies and individuals.
(2) Education Division Problems connected with various types of education, such as general education, technical education, women's education, scientific education, education of the handicapped, social education, physical education, rural education, adult education are dealt with in this Division. In addition, studies are also made on the following subjects:
(a) Scholarships
(b) Library Development
(c) School feeding and School health programme
(d) Development of Bengali Language
(e)Cultural activities, Archaeology, Museums, National Academies, National Theatres, etc.
(f) National Cadet Corps, Auxiliary Cadet Corps, Social Service Camps, Students and Youth Camps, etc.
(g) Assistance for educational development.
(3) Food and Agriculture Division
This Division undertakes work on the overall aspects of agricultural planning, both physical and financial. In particular, it is concerned with subjects such as planning of agricultural production, grow more food schemes, crash programmes, agricultural marketing, development of warehouses, co-operation and agricultural credits, animal husbandry dairying, fisheries, forest and soil conservation, agricultural labor, village bodies, Community Development and National Extension Service and production Co
