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Wednesday, October 18, 1972
underrated.
The Governor said that the size of the operation must not be
It requires the provision of 184,000 assisted places in Forms
1-3, in addition to those now available. The figure would include about
20,000 extra places in pre-vocational schools, and a big increase in the
number of places in government secondary technical schools.
Another recommendation is to double the percentage of places in
secondary schools for the full five-year course leading to a Certificate of
Education examination.
This would require 55,000 places in Forms 4 and 5, additional to
those now available. A substantial increase in the number of places in
government secondary technical schools is also planned.
Sir Murray said that, in addition, it is also hoped to provide five
additional technical institutes by 1980, of which two should open in 1975.
In order to staff this expansion with teachers, he said the output
of the three existing Colleges of Education would be increased by 2,000 by
1976, and, thereafter, the construction of a fourth College or other means
would be necessary.
The Governor said if council members favoured the proposal of full
provision of places for the 12-14 year age group, the opportunity should be
seized to bring professional and public, as well as official, opinion to bear
on the type of secondary education which should be aimed at in the new and less
restricted circumstances, including the question of what examination system
would be appropriate and what curricula,
He proposed to ask the Board of Education to advise him on these
important issues as soon as possible, and, as a basis for its deliberations,
to submit to it the detailed plans which the Education Department has already
drawn up.
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