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Wednesday, January 28, 1970.
But this would in no way affect attainment of the planned
target of providing a place in Government or aided primary schools by
1971 for every child of primary school age seeking such a place.
He gave the total enrolment in Government and aided primary
schools at the beginning of the present school year as 522,000 compared
to 402,400 in September 1968.
Mr. Fung also asked for a progress report on the expansion
of secondary school places, and whether any policy had been worked out
to meet current and future demands for secondary education.
Implementation Of Policy
Mr. Canning said in September last year there was a total of
nearly 65,000 secondary school places in Government and aided schools,
and he expected that by September this year there would be an increase
of at least 10,000 places, with a further 15,000 by September next
and a further 17,000 places by September, 1972.
year
These figures reflected the "successful implementation of the
Government's existing policies."
Proposals were being prepared to establish new targets for
post-primary places in accordance with the needs of the 1970s and
they would soon be set before the Board of Education and the Council for
their consideration.
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