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THE ASSOCIATION OF HEADS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS
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"SECONDARY SCHOOLING IN THE SEVENTIES"
interest.
The Association's paper published last year aroused considerable
There has now been opportunity to consider public comments.
In the hope that they might stimulate further public discussion,
the Association recently agreed on the following resolutions. These
represent the views of the majority of members and summarize the
Association's opinions on the immediate steps to be taken in educational
development.
1. The Association of Heads of Secondary Schools strongly
urges Government to initiate a development programme
for secondary education with the declared aim of
providing a minimum of three-years secondary schooling
for every child as soon as possible.
2.
The Association also recommends that Government should
substantially increase the provision of teacher training
in order both to provide the additional teachers
necessary for the expansion programme and also to fill
existing vacancies, particularly for teachers of
practical subjects.
Why not
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3.
4.
In the Association's view it is important that a target
be set and it would suggest that the development
programme should aim at providing nine years of aided
schooling for every child by the year 1980.
The Association believes that it is also urgent to
begin work on syllabus revision. It is vital that
detailed consideration be given to the work to be done
in the nine years of general schooling, to determine
what should be contained in the common core to be
included in the syllabus of every child, and how
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