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- A55
(58) Wherever possible small schools near large centres
of population should be closed.
(59) Small rural schools should be given priority in adopting
the 'learning by doing' approach.
(60)
A number of inspectors should be earmarked for visiting
schools in remote areas,
(61)
A survey should be conducted with a view to reviewing
the inducement allowance for rural teachers.
(62) A new scheme of fee-assistance operating on a sliding
scale, for lower income families, is proposed for day
care centres and kindergartens. The existing subvention
to non-profit-making child care centres should be
discontinued.
(63) The Director of Social Welfare should have the power
to control fees in child care centres.
(64) Residential child care centres should continue to
be subvented. Their intake should be restricted to
those in real need of such care.
(65) Financial assistance should be provided to enable
child care centres accepting disabled children to
employ additional staff. Care for the more severely
disabled should continue to be directly subvented.
(66) The assistance provided for child care centres in
land allocation, accommodation, reimbursement of rent
and rates and in the fitting out costs for centres
run by approved non-profit-making agencies should be
continued.
(67) Non-profit-making kindergartens operating in Public
Housing Estates should receive rent assistance and
allocation of premises on the same basis as child care
centres.