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in most instances, we believe we had the full co-operation of the
people we interviewed. While it would not be possible to enumerate
and comment on the massive quantity of information put before
us, we were able, on the basis of this information and given
the benefit of hindsight, to formulate, as fairly and objectively
as circumstances allowed, the findings and recommendations set
out in this Report.
4.
Paragraph 4 of our Interim Report states that:
"In the course of our meetings it became apparent
that to fulfill the objective as stated in the Terms of Reference,
the aim of the recommendations will have to be two-fold, namely,
(a)
to avoid in general a recurrence of a similar state
of affairs in secondary schools in the public sector,
and
(b)
to avoid in particular a recurrence of a similar
state of affairs in the new school to be opened as
St. Teresa Secondary School in September for students
of the Precious Blood Golden Jubilee Secondary School
whose schooling has been disrupted by the closure of
the school."
We believe the recommendations contained in our Interim Report
have attained objective (b) above and we are pleased that the
Government has acted on our recommendations so quickly. In
preparing our Final Report, we have therefore focused our main
attention on objective (a) above.
5.
As we stated in the Interim Report, we have taken
the view that without a clear understanding of past events
leading to the closure of the School, it would not be possible
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