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exception of the tertiary sector. There, even after the achievement of the planned expansion of places up to the year 2000, the total numbers would compare unfavourably with those in some other developed countries.

There was, therefore, a case for accelerating the production of graduates and this was made more urgent by :-

(a) the fact that emigration was expected to continue to take a serious toll of the number of graduates available locally; and

to

(b) the continuing shift from manufacturing

knowledge-intensive service industries and, within manufacturing, the shift from manual assembly to higher value-added production, which would result

in a demand for more skilled managers and technologists.

6.

Accepting that there was a need to accelerate and

expand the planned provision of tertiary education, the

Council accordingly advised that the

the following policy proposals should be implemented :-

" (a)

(b)

the number of first year, first degree places planned for the year 1994-95 should be increased

from 12.9% to no less than 18% of the relevant age

group, that is from 10,510 to approximately 15,000

places;

to the extent that this increase is achieved by

increasing the percentage of degree places offered

at the two polytechnics, studies at sub-degree

level should be provided at technical institutes

operated by the Vocational Training Council (VTC) ;

and

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