SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1977
MAY A CRUCIAL MONTH FOR STUDENTS AND PRINTING DEPARTMENT
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MAY HAD BEEN A CRUCIAL MONTH FOR MANY STUDENTS AND THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE BOTH HAD TO FACE THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION AND THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.
EVERY YEAR, THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT MUST HAVE READY BEFORE THIS TIME ALL THE QUESTION PAPERS, ANSWER BOOKS AND OTHER STATIONERY FOR THE TWO EXAMINATIONS.
USUALLY THE DEPARTMENT STARTS PRINTING IN LATE JANUARY, TAKING 3-1/2 TO FOUR MONTHS TO COMPLETE THE WORK.
MR. DENNIS RICK, ASSISTANT GOVERNMENT PRINTER, SAID THAT THIS YEAR A TOTAL OF 51 STAFF, FIVE OFFSET PRINTING MACHINES AND A VARIETY OF SOPHISTICATED BINDING AND FINISHING EQUIPMENT WERE USED. IN TERMS OF PAPER, QUESTION SHEETS ALONE REQUIRED 68,524 KG. (67.3 TONS) OF PAPER.
FOR THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, 353,400 COPIES OF QUESTION PAPERS, RUNNING INTO SOME 7,065,000 PAGES, WERE PRINTED.
IN ADDITION, THERE WERE 2,266,180 ANSWER BOOKS, NUMEROUS SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER SHEETS, ROUGH WORK SHEETS AND VARIOUS KINDS OF STATIONERY, MR. RICK POINTED OUT.
JUST LIKE THE STUDENTS, THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT IN FACT, STARTS PREPARING FOR THE SSÉE LONG BEFORE THE EXAMINATION STARTS. IT HAS TO PRODUCE FOR EVERY SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE THE CHOICE-OF- SCHOOL FORM.
MR. RICK EXPLAINED THAT THE PRINTING OF THE CHOICE-OF-SCHOOL FORM IS A METICULOUS JOB BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES THE FORM PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE VARIOUS TYPES OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS AVAILABLE, IT HAS TO BE APPENDED WITH A MAP SHOWING THE LOCATION OF EACH SCHOOL.
FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION, THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT FACED THE CHALLENGING TASK OF MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF 20 MULTIPLE CHOICE PAPERS AND 100 CONVENTIONAL PAPERS WHICH ADDED UP TO 1,381,380 COPIES OF QUESTION PAPERS OR SOME 15,087,560 PAGES, ALL PRODUCED IN CONDITIONS OF STRICT SECURITY.
THE INTRODUCTION OF MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS IN EXAMINATIONS HAS INCREASED THE PRINTING WORK BY MORE THAN HALF BUT THE COMMITMENTS ARE BEING SUCCESSFULLY FULFILLED BY CAREFUL CO- ORDINATION BETWEEN THE PRINTING DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE FORM THAT THE PAPERS AND THE STATIONERY SHOULD TAKE AS WELL AS THE PACKAGING OF THE FINISHED PRODUCTS ARE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFICATIONS GIVEN BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
/THE EDUCATION