2.26
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Distribution of enrolment by mode of financing
The
following table shows the distribution of school enrolment by mode
of financing (as defined above) in day schools, excluding private
commercial classes, as at September 1980, with corresponding
figures for September 1979 in brackets.
Private
(Percentage distribution)
Government
Aided
bought places
Private
100,0
Kindergarten
Primary
5.9 (5.5)
81.6 (81.5)
1
(100.0)
12.5
(13.0)
Junior
5.9
Secondary
(6.0)
39.2 (38.5)
51.2
(46.4)
3.7 (9.1)
Senior
5.7
33.0
0.3
61.0
Secondary
(5.0)
(32.0)
(0.3)
(62.7)
8.5
45.3
Form VI
(9.1)
(48.0)
46.2 (42.9)
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It will be seen that the private sector is still heavily engaged
in the provision of education outside the compulsory education
range notably in the kindergarten section, in which there is as
yet no public-sector provision, and in senior secondary and sixth
forms, where public-sector places are limited by policy (1978 White
Paper on Senior Secondary and Tertiary Education). The government
sector is the smallest overall (4.9%) and the aided sector the
largest (51.2%): this reflects the decision of the 1965 White Paper
on Education Policy that expansion in the public sector should be
through government-aided education. This policy will probably be
modified slightly in future, however, because it is proposed to
regionalise primary school admissions, and government schools will
therefore be provided in some parts of the territory to give parents