Part of an effort by the Navajo Division of Education to formulate a comprehensive educational plan, this document includes testimony by people representing the five agency divisions on the Reservation (Shiprock, Crownpoint, Chinle, Tuba City, and Fort Defiance) and the public school districts serving Navajos. Also included is a synthesis of the needs identified in the testimony; among these are: better teaching staff; more control to school boards and the Tribe; more Navajo teachers; additional teachers; counselor reform; special education funding sources, counseling, and on-reservation schools; permanent facilities and funding sources for preschool education; improvements in higher education to include better funding, better contact with students away from home, and more local two-year and junior colleges; expansion of alternative schools and adult education; development of better curriculum to include bilingual-bicultural education and a general updating of textbooks and strengthening of programs; establishment of more vocational education programs; reversal of the consolidation trend; better building facilities and better health care delivery; improvement in the clothing program; alleviation of long-distance busing problems; improvement and expansion of roads; alternate funding sources for lands experiencing border dispute problems; improved police protection; improved electrical, water, and sanitation facilities; improved internal school administration, community communication, and program coordination of funding; and greater initiative by the Tribal Government. (JC)