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technical programmes should be provided in the
Technical Institutes.
89 - Discussions have taken place with the colleges
recognised under the Post-Secondary Colleges Ordinance
about ways in which they might contribute to achieving
the Government's targets for sixth Form and tertiary
education, and the fruits of these discussions will
be presented in the White Paper.
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I would like to give an indication of the
scale of expansion in higher education which your
Government now envisages which we hope to achieve
by about 1986: -
a)
The number of subsidized places in
secondary Forms IV and V, or in post-
Form III courses in Technical Institutes,
is now 25.7% of the relevant age group.
We propose that this should rise to about
83%.
These increases, coupled with an
expansion of Adult Education Centres, should
be able to meet most of the demand expected
in the '80s from students leaving Form III.
b) The similar figure for Form VI now is 5.5%.