THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1984
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+ASSUMING THE MAJORITY VIEW WILL HAVE CONSIDERABLE INFLUENCE IN BRINGING ABOUT THIS ABOLITION, THE NEXT STEP IS SURELY TO FIND A WAY WHICH IS ECONOMICALLY AND PRACTICALLY MOST VIABLE, SHE SAID,
ONE WOULD BE TO BUILD ENOUGH GOVERNMENT OR AIDED SCHOOLS, TO PROVIDE ENOUGH PLACES FOR ALL THE 90 PER CENT OF FORM 111 STUDENTS WHO WISH TO GO ON TO FORM V, MRS CHOW SAID.
THIS OPTION WOULD REQUIRE THE BUILDING OF 106 SCHOOLS APART FROM FACILITATING THE ABOLITION OF JSEA, SHE ADDED.
+THIS WOULD ENABLE THE PHASING OUT OF BOUGHT PLACES AT JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL WHICH AT PRESENT STILL STAND AT ALMOST 70 000,+ SHE SAID.
HOWEVER, SHE NOTED THAT THIS WAY WOULD BE FINANCIALLY PROHIBITIVE.
+ALSO, THIS DOES NOT FULLY CAPITALISE ON THE COMPLEMENTARY VALUE OF EXISTING FACILITIES, SUCH AS OUR BETTER RUN PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
►A WORKABLE ALTERNATIVE IS TO COMBINE A SLIGHTLY LESS AMBITIOUS BUILDING PROGRAMME WITH THE RECOGNITION OF THE NECESSARY CONTINUATION OF BOUGHT PLACES IN OUR BETTER PRIVATE SCHOOLS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME TAKING UP THE HELMORE REPORT'S SUGGESTION OF INTRODUCING TWO-YEAR FULL-TIME COURSE IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AS ANOTHER OPTION FOR THE LESS ACADEMICALLY INCLINED FORM 111 STUDENTS, SHE SUGGESTED.
SHE SAID THAT IF THIS WAS ACCEPTED AS A REALISTIC OPTION, THEN THREE MEASURES HAD TO BE ADOPTED TO DETERMINE A TARGET DATE FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE JSEA1
* TO PHASE DOWN THE NUMBER OF BOUGHT PLACES TO INCLUDE ONLY
THOSE IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS WHICH ARE OF AN ACCEPTABLE STANDARD IN BOTH JUNIOR AND SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL.
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TO INITIATE A BUILDING PROGRAMME WHICH WILL, TOGETHER WITH BOUGHT PLACES, MAKE UP 90 PER CENT OF THE REQUIRED SENIOR SECONDARY PLACES.
TO MAKE UP THE 10 PER CENT SHORTFALL BY PROVIDING PLACES AT THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, ASSUMING THAT THEY PROCEED WITH THE TWO-YEAR FULL-TIME COURSES RECOMMENDED BY HELMORE.
SHE BELIEVED THESE THREE MEASURES TAKEN AS A WHOLE COULD BRING ABOUT THE DISSOLUTION OF THE JSEA IN THE EARLY NINETIES.
MRS CHOW THEN LOOKED AT LANGUAGE AS A TOOL FOR COMMUNICATION, OR A MEANS OF VERBALISING THOUGHT AND REASON.
'SHE NOTED