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Wednesday, November 1, 1972

out.

Both the last two approaches require technical manpower, he pointed

Therefore the need for technical education and industrial training was

evident.

He welcomed the Government's plan for the expansion of technical

education at various levels, but he envisaged that at this stage, the major

hurdle in the development of the Polytechnic and technical institutes would

be the recruitment of technical teachers.

He said it would be necessary to recruit around 1,400 qualified

teachers specialised in various branches of technology, business study and

management science. Industrial training and technical education were

complementary to each other, but were two separate things.

"Many people in commerce and industry were rather surprised not

to hear anything about industrial training." he said, referring to the Governor's

speech.

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"I therefore urge the Government to seriously consider the various

industrial training proposals made in the final report of the Industrial

Training Advisory Committee," he concluded.

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