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(iv) all pupils to follow the same general junior
secondary curriculum of which between 25 and 30
per cent would be allocated to practical and
technical subjects; schools to encourage cultural
subjects and physical education at this level;
(v) the Secondary School Entrance Examination to be
abolished as soon as sufficient junior secondary
places were available for every child;
(vi) with the abolition of the SSEE, an alternative
system to be devised to regulate the flow of
pupils fron primary to secondary schools, under
the general supervision of the Education Department;
secondary schools to be encouraged to avoid elitist
admission policies and to accept pupils of all levels
of ability but secondary schools with linked primary
schools to be allowed to give preference to pupils
from the latter; schools to be discouraged from
setting their own entrance examinations;
(vii) after completing junior secondary education children
selected by the proposed Junior Certificate of Education
examination to enter senior secondary grammar or technical
forms, 60 per cent of the places to be provided in grammar
and 40 per cent in technical forms; sufficient places to
be provided in senior secondary forms for 40 per cent of
the 15 16 age group by 1979; the government to decide
in due course whether a higher target percentage should
be set for the public sector, having regard to the fact
that the private sector would continue to offer an
alternative for children who were ineligible for
subsidised senior secondary education or who opted for
private education, thus resulting in at least 55 per
cent receiving senior secondary education by 1979:
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