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Monday, June 5, 1972
"Last year, 1,000 television receivers were purchased and four
ETV series were produced every week and repeated 15 times with a total of 60 transmissions weekly for about 100,000 children at Primary Three level in government, aided and private schools," the spokesman said, "Similar series in the four basic subject areas for Primary
Four children are now being prepared for this year, and it is intended also to repeat last year's programmes for Primary Three," he added.
Government intends to purchase additional lots of receivers to complete ETV coverage of all children in Primary classes Three to Six.
"With the experience gained in primary schools, it should be possible to extend the ETV service to secondary and other level of education, subject to the availability of funds," he commented.
ETV has been rated highly by schools. The project is achieving its planned objectives in improving the quality of education in schools, in bringing the skills of relatively few specialist teachers to many, in supplementing our education system in vital areas and complementing it in others, and in bringing the resources of the technological 20th Century into our classrooms, "the spokesman said,
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