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However, because Education Department staff are civil servants, they
enjoy fringe benefits (such as entitlement at certain levels to housing
benefits) which are the envy of the aided sector. On the other hand,
aided sector teachers enjoy a far greater measure of freedom than their
counterparts in government teaching institutions, who are subject in
all respects save for their entitlement to vacation and casual leave to
Civil Service Regulations, Colonial Regulations and all other regulations,
procedures and practices of the civil service.
Conclusion
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The administration and control of education is very much a
partnership of different groups and individuals. The growth of the
population, the emergence of a complex industrial economy and,
particular, the rapid development of a diversified education system have
necessitated a co-ordinated approach in order that educational issues
can be seen from all major points of view.
Inter-departmental working
groups are now a central feature of any initial planning which is
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likely to lead to major new developments their role is examined in
chapter 4, as also is that of the Board of Education.