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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1974.
MR. TOPLEY MADE IT CLEAR THAT EXISTING AND PLANNED PREVOCATIONALS WILL CONTINUE AND WILL EXPAND UP TO THE TARGET OF SOME 10,000 PLACES,
+THIS MEANS THEIR NUMBER WILL BE TREBLED AND THEY WILL EXPAND FURTHER, IF, AS I VERY MUCH HOPE, THEY ADOPT THE EXTENDED DAY MODE OF OPERATION AND MAXIMISE THE USE OF THEIR ACCOMMODATION, HE SAID.
PREVOCATIONALS WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST IN THEIR OWN RIGHT AND WITH PARITY OF ESTEEM AND IMPORTANCE WITH OTHER SCHOOLS.
TECHNICAL LECTURERS TRAINING
ON MR. JAMES WU'S REFERENCE TO THE NEED FOR UP-DATING THE TRAINING OF LECTURERS IN THE TECHNICAL FIELD, THE DIRECTOR SAID THAT THE ORGANISATION OF SUCH RETRAINING LOCALLY WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY AT THIS STAGE OF THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE.
HE EXPRESSED SOME DEGREE OF SATISFACTION AT THE SPEED WITH WHICH THIS COLLEGE WAS SET UP AND WITH THE EXCELLENT START IT HAS MADE SINCE THE OPENING DATE ONLY TWO MONTHS AGO.
+IN ADDITION, WE HAVE, AND HAVE HAD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, A SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMME OF OVERSEAS COURSES AND ATTACHMENTS FOR OFFICERS IN THE TECHNICAL FIELD TO ENSURE THE UP-DATING OF THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THESE OFFICERS. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MATTER WITH MODERN TECHNOLOGY MOVING AT THE RATE IT DOES.
+1 FULLY APPRECIATE THE NEED FOR THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES KEEPING IN THE CLOSEST POSSIBLE TOUCH WITH INDUSTRY AND I WILL GIVE EVERY ENCOURAGEMENT TO MY OFFICERS TO DO JUST THIS,+ MR. TOPLEY SAID.
SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION
REFERRING TO MR. CHEONG-LEEN'S REQUEST THAT A PAPER BE PREPARED ON THE EXTENSION OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION TO THE SECONDARY AND TERTIARY SECTORS OF EDUCATION WITHIN 18 MONTHS, THE DIRECTOR SAID: THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY APPROVED IN PRINCIPLE THE INTRODUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION INTO SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
+DETAILED PROPOSALS RESPECTING EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN FORMULATED AND ARE BEING STUDIED IN THE COLONIAL SECRETARIAT. SUCH A DEVELOPMENT WILL INDEED BE VERY VALUABLE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION.+
ON TACKLING THE PROBLEM OF DROPPING OUT. MR. TOPLEY SAID THE USE OF COMPULSORY POWERS WAS CERTAINLY RELEVANT BUT HE WOULD COUNSEL AT THIS STAGE AGAINST THE INTRODUCTION OF FURTHER LEGISLATION ON COMPULSORY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
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