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IMMEDIATE
CYPHER CAT/A
TRESCIAVEDAN
REGISTRY NO.52
29 MAR 1974
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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 382 OF 29 MARCH,1974.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 311 OF 26 MARCH.
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2. FOLLOWING IS THE SUGGESTED REPLY TO THE PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
BY MR KEN MARKS:-
''IN SEPTEMBER 1973 THERE WERE:
A) 576,890 CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS
AND 146,689 CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS:
B) 185,162 CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PUBLIC AND ASSISTED
SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND 159,801 CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
(2) OF THE PRIMARY AGE GROUP (6 TO 11) OF 603,200 CHILDREN,
576,625 OR 95.6% ARE IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS DISTRIBUTED AS
FOLLOWS:-
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR
16.9% 78.7%
THERE ARE, HOWEVER, CHILDREN IN PRIMARY AGE GROUP IN KINDERGARTEN AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS. SIMILARLY CHILDREN OF SECONDARY SCHOOL AGE MAY BE FOUND IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
(3) OF THE SECONDARY AGE GROUP (12 TO 16) OF 533,100 CHILDREN,
255,516 OR 47.9% ARE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS BROKEN DOWN AS FOLLOWS:-
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR
22.2% 25.7%
(4) OF THE 16 YEAR OLD AGE GROUP OF 101,300 CHILDREN, THERE
ARE 56,283 (55.6%) ENROLLED IN SCHOOLS OF ALL TYPES’'.
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