WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1974
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COMPREHENSIVE POLICY PAPER ON SECONDARY EDUCATION ******
THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. JOHN CANNING, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS AFTERNOON THAT IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION TO PLACE BEFORE THE BOARD OF EDUCATION DURING JUNE A COMPREHENSIVE POLICY PAPER ON SECONDARY EDUCATION EXPANSION FO!! THE NEXT DECADE.
THIS PAPER WOULD ENABLE THE BOARD TO RE-ASSESS THEIR ORIGINAL PROPOSALS IN THE LIGHT OF COMMENTS RECEIVED ON THE EDUCATION GREEN PAPER AND DECIDE WHAT FURTHER ADVICE MEMBERS SHOULD NOW TENDER TO THE GOVERNOR.
MR. CANNING, WHO WAS REPLYING TO MR. WILSON WANG, GAVE AN ASSURANCE THAT THE PREPARATION OF HIS DEPARTMENTAL SUBMISSION TO THE BOARD +IS GOING AHEAD WITH ALL POSSIBLE DESPATCH+.
POINTING OUT THAT THE PROBLEMS ARE COMPLEX, THE DIRECTOR SAID: +WE ARE DEALING WITH MATTERS WHICH WILL CLOSELY CONCERN THE FUTURE EDUCATIONAL PROSPECTS OF OUR CHILDREN, AND IT WOULD BE UNVISE TO RUSH TIE CONSIDERATION OF SUCH FUNDAMENTAL MATTERS.+
WHILE SECONDARY POLICY IS EVOLVING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF FURTHER COMMENT AND CONSULTATION WITH THE BOARD, MR. CANNING SAID: +I SHOULD ADD THAT PROGRESS TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1976 TARGETS IS PROCEEDING SATISFACTORILY.+
IN REPLY TO MR. WANG ON +WHEN WILL THE WHITE PAPER BE READY FOR DEBATE IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL?+ MR. CANNING SAID:
+THE INTENTION IS THAT AS SOON AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION HAS CONSIDERED THE POLICY PAPER TO WHICH I HAVE REFERRED, AND HAS MADE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO HIS EXCELLENCY, PREPARATION OF THE WHITE PAPER SETTING OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSED POLICY WILL NOT BE LONG DELAYED.+
. THE DIRECTOR ASSURED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THAT IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION THAT A DRAFT WH TE PAPER SHOULD, IF POSSIBLE, BE READY FOR DEBATE BEFORE THE END OF THIS SESSION OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PROVIDED THAT NO UNIFORE. MAJOR PROBLEMS EMERCED DURING THE BOARD'S RECONSIDERATION OF THE GREEN PAPER AND ITS AFTERMATH.
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