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BUT MR. TOPLEY SAID THAT WHATEVER KIND OF EDUCATION YOU WANT OR HAVE HAD, THE FULLY EDUCATED PERSON IS ONE WHO IS:
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ENLIGHTENED IN HIS INTERESTS
OBJECTIVE IN HIS JUDGEMENTS
* READY IN HIS SYMPATHY FOR WHATEVER IS JUST AND RIGHT
* EFFECTIVE IN THE WORK HE SETS HIMSELF TO DO
* AND WILLING TO LEND A HAND TO ANYONE WHO IS IN NEED OF IT.
THE DIRECTOR ALSO SPOKE ABOUT SOME OF THE BROAD AIMS OF
EDUCATION AND HOW SUCH AIMS COULD BE ACHIEVED.
THESE INCLUDED A DEGREE OF EMPHASIS ON STUDENT-CENTRED EDUCATION, A BROAD-BASED CURRICULUM AND THE PROMOTION OF A GOOD VARIETY OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF BRINGING ABOUT ALL-ROUND DEVELOPMENT.
40 DISABLED PLACED TO WORK IN. JANUARY
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FORTY DISABLED PEOPLE WERE PLACED TO WORK BY THE JOB PLACEMENT UNIT OF THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH.
AMONG THE DISABLED EMPLOYED, 19 WERE CRIPPLED, FIVE. BLIND, SEVEN DEAF, FOUR MENTALLY RETARDED, FOUR EX-MENTAL PATIENTS AND ONE FORMER T.B. PATIENT.
THIRTEEN OF THEM WERE EMPLOYED AS ASSEMBLERS IN ELECTRONIC FACTORIES AND THE OTHERS WERE ENGAGED IN A WIDE RANGE OF TRADES SUCH AS MACHINE OPERATORS, MACHINE-SEWING WORKERS AND PACKERS.
WITH REGARD TO THEIR SALARY, 17 WERE EMPLOYED ON DAILY RATE RANGING FROM $17 TO $25, WHILE TWO WERE PAID ON PIECE-RATE BASIS. THE SALARY OF THE OTHERS AVERAGED $550 A MONTH.