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(10) Education
Primary education
97.
Mince the achievement of free universal primary education
in 1971 your Government has concentrated its main educational efforts
on the expansion of secondary and higher education. It is time to
take another look at the quality of primary education and its future
development, and at services for children below primary school age
in kindergartens and day care contres. Two working parties have
been appointed to examine these arcas, under the guidance of a
Steering Committee chaired by the Secretary for Social Services.
When their proposals are ready, they will be the subject of wider
consultation before decisions are taken.
Measures to make