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taking degree courses in British universities and

polytechnics should also be investigated.

Technical and adult education

(f) We must expand training facilities for our existing

workforce to upgrade their technical skills; there

is also a need for school-leavers to acquire such

skills;

() in increasing the output of manpower at the professional

and graduate level more attention should be paid

to the need for a solid infrastructure of skilled

support at the technician and craftsman level;

(h) part-time or external degree or associateship courses

should be introduced to meet the needs of the large

number of highly motivated people in commerce and

industry who, because of unfortunate circumstances,

have been unable to complete a full course of formal

education;

(i) the government should ensure that adult education

courses for employees after working hours should

reflect the need to improve skills for better pay

and career prospects, and prepare adults for the

changes brought about by the diversificati on and

sophistication of industry and business.

Senior secondary education

(j) There is a great deal of untidiness at the

senior secondary level, leading to wastage of

economic resources and manpower years;

(k) sixth-form education is having to be too many

things at the same time.

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