I ... A/C.5/38/SR.49 English Page 11 (Mr. Akwei) 33. Several delegations, including those of Austria, Japan, Trinidad and 'lbbago and the United States, had expcessed their views on the education grant, some of them feeling that the provisions currently in force were not consistent with the original intent. In 1978, when it adopted the recommendation by ICSC following a comprehensive review of the matter (A/33/30), the General Assembly had recognized that if the grant was to be paid as an expatriate benefit one could not require the education to be given in the home coontry. As for the question from the representative of Greece on behalf of the metOOer countries of the European Economic Conununity, he said that ICSC based its recommemations on the findings of a survey by the Consultative Committee on .Administrative Questions of 6,4 00 staff members receiving the grant (about 50 per cent of the total). Interested delegations could be given a copy of the documents on the subject that the Conunission had had before it at its seventeenth session. Cl1 the matter raised by the representative of Canada, he said that the ICSC secretariat had felt that reimbursing 100 per cent of education costs for handicapped children (the ceiling being set at $6,000) would result, for all the organizations in the common system, in supplementary outlays of apprOKimately $200,000 per annum. 34. The representative of the Soviet Union had commented, concerning the comparison of total compensation, that the Commission was still disregarding the General Assembly's clear directive, in resolution 36/233, part III, paragra};tl 1 (b), that the study of total compensation between the United States Federal Civil Service and the International Civil Service should be completed as matter of priority, excluding expatriate benefits in the United States Federal 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be discussing a specific issue related to the International Civil Service, specifically the education grant and its application to international staff members. It seems to be a discussion between representatives of various countries and organizations, and the text mentions specific numbers and details about the grant. This suggests that the topic is related to employment and human resources, rather than a broader economic or social issue.

**Category**
Education, Employment