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Subject
Purpose
CONFIDENTIAL
Progress made and present position
Next quarter
target
Review of School Textbooks Assistance Scheme
Grant and Subsidized Schools Provident Funds
To examine the existing arrangements for financial assistance with the purchasing of textbooks.
To improve the benefits under the Grant and Subsidized Schools Provident Funds for
Aided Teachers.
FC has approved an increase of the textbook and stationery grant to $135 per pupil per year in primary and $325 in secondary.
ExCo has approved the amendment rules.
D of E to
inform schools
& implement the scheme.
To enforce
the amendment
rules.
Steering Group tɔ evaluate a pilot study of noise abatement measures in schools
To evaluate the pilot study and to recommend noise abatement
me asures in schools.
(a) A pilot scheme involving seven schools has commenced in September 1981 to examine the effectiveness of various noise
abatement measures in schools.
(b) A Steering Group to monitor the scheme and to evaluate the results of the study has been set up with a view to recommending appropriate noise abatement
measures
in schoo
ols. Regular
feedback is collected by the Building Services Engineer and the Inspectors of the Education Department. Action is in
the
hand to conduct a survey on number of noise affected schools by the Environmental Protection Agency.
CONFIDENTIAL
To complete the pilot study, and to begin compilation of the report, which will first be
submitted to
the Special
Committee on Noise of EPCOM.