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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1986
EDUCATION COMMISSION OUTLINES PROGRAMME FOR 1987
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IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, THE EDUCATION COMMISSION ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT, FOLLOWING THE PUBLICATION OF ITS REPORT NO. 2, PRELIMINARY WORK ON ITS THIRD REPORT HAS BEEN PUT IN HAND.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COMMISSION SAID THAT PUBLICATION OF REPORT NO. 3 WAS EXPECTED NEXT YEAR.
+THE MAIN ISSUES TO BE COVERED IN THE COMMISSION'S THIRD REPORT WILL INCLUDE CIVIC EDUCATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION.
+THE COMMISSION'S PROGRAMME OF WORK IN 1987 WILL NOT BE CONFINED TO THESE TOPICS, HOWEVER. IT IS ALSO, FOR EXAMPLE SEEKING PUBLIC VIEWS ON CURRICULAR AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND JUNIOR SECONDARY CLASSES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+BUT THIS ISSUE WILL TAKE LONGER TO RESOLVE AND OUR CONCLUSIONS MAY NOT BE READY FOR PUBLICATION UNTIL EARLY IN 1988, HE ADDED.
THE COMMISSION'S DECISION TO PRESS AHEAD WITH THE SUBJECTS IDENTIFIED FOR REPORT NO. 3 WAS IN LINE WITH A DECISION TAKEN BY MEMBERS EARLIER THIS YEAR TO PRODUCE SHORTER, BUT MORE FREQUENT REPORTS.
+IN REPORT NO'S 1 AND 2 MEMBERS DEALT WITH THE PANORAMA OF MAJOR EDUCATION SUBJECTS IDENTIFIED BY THE LLEWELLYN REPORT IN 1982. THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED, +SOME IMPORTANT ISSUES REMAIN, BUT WE MUST DEAL WITH THEM IN AN ORDERLY AND LOGICAL MANNER,+
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT, IN FUTURE, AN AVERAGE OF TWO REPORTS A YEAR WOULD BE ISSUED BY THE COMMISSION, EACH COVERING BETWEEN ONE AND THREE EDUCATIONAL TOPICS.
+THIS IS AN ARRANGEMENT WHICH GIVES US MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY, AND ENABLES US TO WORK ON COMPLEX, LONG-TERM ISSUES AT THE SAME TIME AS MOVING QUICKLY ON SIMPLER ́ SUBJECTS,+ HE ADDED.
GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY TO BE CONDUCTED
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO CONDUCT THE GENERAL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY FROM THIS MONTH TO MARCH 1987.
THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED MONTHLY SINCE AUGUST 1981, COLLECTS INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT, AND THE GENERAL SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION,
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