Tuesday, June 12, 1973
The spokesman recalled that in his speech at the opening session
of the Legislative Council last October, the Governor said that the
government planned "free primary education for all, followed by secondary
education for all to the age of 14; the latter to include an expanded
pre-vocational or technical stream,
"At that point," he added, "there will be on the one hand greatly expanded facilities for further secondary education leading to the Certificate of Education; on the other, young people will be able to choose between going into industry, or acquiring a qualification in a
technical institute."
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