Annually Recurrent -
Personal Emoluments
Annually Recurrent
Other Charges
Special Expenditure
Total, gross
- 8 -
Actual expenditure 1979-80
Approved
estimate
Estimate 1981-82
1980-81
$ million
$ million
$ million
1
1
1
411
457
657
136
288
182
548
746
840
5.13
Controlling Officer: Secretary, University and Polytechnic Grants
Committee
A full analysis of revenue and expenditure under the three
education heads is contained in the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure
for the Year Ending 31 March 1982.
5.14
B: Provision of places
The recent increased flow of immigrants from China has generated
a greater demand for primary and secondary school places. In the light of
the new population projections compiled by the Census and Statistics
Department in June 1979 the Director of Education has reviewed the Department's
planning targets. In the primary sector the increased demand is expected
to be fully absorbed within vacancies in existing primary schools. Proposals
to increase the supply of secondary places at all levels, having regard to
the new population projections, were approved on 12 December 1979. However,
at the secondary level it will now be necessary to re-assess the requirement
for new schools, taking into consideration the increase of numbers in the
age group.
Primary school places
5.15
In primary education the policy is to provide a government or
aided place for every child of primary school age (6-11). Actual enrolment
in primary classes exceeds the number in the 6-11 age group because it is