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(xiv) Merit scholarships in government and aided schools
(xv)
should be abolished.
The minimum period of training in the teacher training
colleges should be extended to two years for full-time
students; in-service courses should be extended to three
years; special third-year full-time courses should be
introduced for teachers of art, music, housecraft and
physical education; students in teacher training colleges
should be required to pay tuition fees ($400 p.a.
recommended), with provision for free places for the needy;
maintenance allowances paid to students in training should
be repayable over an agreed period; free tuition and a
full maintenance grant of $2,000 n.a. should be paid to
students on the proposed special third-year courses; refresher
courses for practising teachers, headteachers and those
aspiring to promotion need co-ordination and development;
provision should be made for courses in the proper use
of television and radio as teaching aids.
(xvi) The Principal of the Technical College should be relieved
of his responsibilities as general adviser on technical
education by the establishment in the Education Department
of an additional post of Assistant Director (Technical
and Further Education); courses to school certificate
level in woodwork, metalwork and housecraft should be
(xvii)
made available in all secondary schools; the trade training
centres run by voluntary bodies should look for aid and
assistance to the Education Department; a pre-apprenticeship
course of one year's duration should be established.
The post of Assistant Director (Inspection) should be
redesignated Chief Inspector; posts need to be established
at headquarters of Senior Inspector (Primary) and Senior
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