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SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1975
NEW CODE OF AID FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS
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A NEW CODE OF AID FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL COME INTO FORE ON APRIL 1, 1975.
THIS CODE, WHICH SUPERSEDES THE SUBSIDY CODE (REVISED 1962) PRESCRIBES THE RULES AND CONDITIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH WHICH THE GOVERNMENT PROMOTES PRIMARY EDUCATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR BY MEANS OF GRANTS TO SUCH PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
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+THE NEW CODE IS, BY AND LARGE, A CODIFICATION OF EXISTING PRACTICE AND CHANGES MADE SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION IN SEPTEMBER 1971, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PRIMARY), MR. LAM TAT-LAU, SAID TODAY. A CIRCULAR IS BEING SENT TO SUPERVISORS AND HEADS OF ALL AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS TOGETHER WITH COPIES OF THE NEW CODE.
SUCH CHANGES, HE SAID, INCLUDED INCREASES IN THE TEXTBOOK AND STATIONERY GRANT AND THE CAPITATION GRANT WHICH WERE INTRODUCED A YEAR AGO.
MR.
LAM ASKED THE SUPERVISORS AND HEADS TO INFORM CLERICAL AND MINOR STAFF OF THEIR NEW PAID LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS UNDER THE CODE.
INCLUDED IN THE CODE ARE THE NEW MATERNITY RULES FOR WOMEN TEACHERS WHICH COME INTO FORCE ON APRIL 1 WHEN THE SALARIES OF WOMEN TEACHERS IN FULLY AIDED SCHOOLS REACH PARITY WITH THEIR MALE COLLEAGUES.
ONE SECTION OF THE CODE STATES THAT APPOINTMENT AND DISMISSAL OF STAFF SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS 76,77 AND 78 OF THE EDUCATION REGULATIONS 1971, IN CONFORMITY WITH THIS CODE OF AID, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH INSTRUCTIONS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE ISSUED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION.
THE THREE REGULATIONS READ AS FOLLOWS :-
+76. THE APPOINTMENT AND DISMISSAL OF ANY MEMBER OF THE TEACHING STAFF OF ANY SCHOOL SHALL BE DETERMINED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THAT SCHOOL.
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THE SUPERVISOR SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ISSUING TO ALL TEACHERS LETTERS OF APPOINTMENT WHICH SHALL SET OUT
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