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SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 1974.
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COLOUR ETV FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS BY 1976
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AN EXTRA 250,000 STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM THE GOVERNMENT'S EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION SERVICES OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, MR. COLVYN HAYE, THE HEAD OF ETY, MADE THIS FORECAST TODAY WHEN HE REV JEWED EXPANSION PROGRAMMES.
ETV, WHICH CAME INTO OPERATION THREE YEARS AGO, IS AT PRESENT AVAILABLE TO ABOUT HALF A MILLION PUPILS IN PRIMARY 3. 4 AND 5. WHEN SCHOOL RESUMES IN SEPTEMBER, IT WILL BE EXTENDED TO PRIMARY 6.
BUT MR. HAYE NOTED THAT THEIR MOST AMBITIOUS PLAN WAS A MULT-MILLION-DOLLAR PROJECT TO PRODUCE PROGRAMMES IN COLOUR FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS BY 1976.
DETAIL PROPOSALS FOR THIS EXPANSION HAD BEEN LOOKED AT VERY CAREFULLY, AND WITH THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS, WE TRUST THAT WE SHOULD MEET A SEPTEMBER 1976 DEADLINE,+ HE SAID.
THERE WOULD, OF COURSE, BE A WIDER RANGE OF SUBJECTS AND A MORE DETAIL SYLLABUS TO COVER, AND MORE STAFF WOULD BE NEEDED TO COPE WITH THE EXPANSION PROGRAMME, BUT MR. HAYE DID NOT FORESEE, ANY +TERRIBLE PROBLEM.+
COMMENTING ON THE ULTIMATE TARGET OF ETV, HE SAID:
+WE TRUST TO COVER THE FIRST THREE YEARS, AT LEAST, OF SECONDARY EDUCATION.+ HOWEVER, HE STRESSED THAT THE ETY
CENTRE HAD BEEN SO DESIGNED TO LOOK AFTER PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND POSSIBLY TERTIARY OR OTHER AREAS OF EDUCATION WHEN THE DEMAND EXISTED.