review of the basic purpose and scope of the grant. Originally the education grant had been designed to assist expatriate officials to maintain closer ties with their home country through the possibility of having their children educated there. That had subsequently been broadened to cover education in a country other than the home country, if appropriate facilities were not available there. The third step had been to include education in the country of the duty station. That had led to great dissatisfaction among officials serving in their home country, since when they sent their children to a university in their home country they were not entitled to the education grant, whereas their expatriate colleagues sending their children to the same university received it. 82. That had led to demands for broadening the scope of the grant to cover all officials, regardless of their expatriate status or whether they served in the Professional or the General Service category. His delegation did not pretend to have all the answers to that vexed question, but it was convinced that the issue deserved to be studied by rcsc. 83. His delegation supported the ICSC proposals to liberalize the subsidy formula for health insurance at those duty stations where contributions to the insurance scheme significantly exceeded a given percentage of the salaries of the officials insured. The method proposed by the Commission was quite ingenious, since it concentrated assistance on those areas where there was the greatest need and avoided unnecessarily liberal provisions where the cost of health insurance was relatively low. 84. ICSC should further pursue the development of basic principles applicable throughout the system and examine, for instance, whether health insurance coverage should be made compulsory, as in the case of membership in the United Nations pension scheme. If health insurance coverage were made part of the conditions of 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the administration of grants and benefits for officials serving in various capacities, with a focus on education and health insurance. The language used is formal and bureaucratic, suggesting a context of international organization or government.

**Category**
Education, Employment, Health