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know whether these graduates hope to get jobs in the public
sector of social services or elsewhere. In any case, the
Government cannot guarantee to find employment for all
graduates in any subject although the universities do take
into account the demand and supply situation when planning
their enrolment.
3.
I understand from the Secretary for Education and
Manpower that the scheme for providing additional teachers
which was implemented last September was part of a longer-
term project begun in 1981 to improve the quality of
education in Government and aided schools in stages.
was not devised with the object of absorbing the graduates
of the Colleges of Education.
It