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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4. 1988
SECTOR.
HOWEVER, HE SAID RESEARCH WAS NOT JUST A MATTER FOR THE PUBLIC
"IF WE ARE TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE IT IS VITAL THAT INDUSTRY SHOULD ALSO INCREASE ITS INVESTMENT IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.
"I ALSO HOPE THERE WILL BE INCREASING RESEARCH LINKS BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND OUR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS," HE SAID.
ON THE EXPANSION OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM, MR BRIDGE SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN LOOKING AT FURTHER PLANS WHICH WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW TO THE END OF THE CENTURY.
AS FOR THE EXPANSION OF DEGREE PLACES, HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT EXPECTED THIS TO INCREASE TO COVER ABOUT 10 PER CENT OF THE AGE GROUP BY THE MID-90S AND ΤΟ CONTINUE INCREASING UNTIL THE END OF THE CENTURY.
MR BRIDGE SAID MORE EMPHASIS WOULD BE PLACED ON IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION.
HE SAID AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL WORKING GROUP HAD BEEN SET UP ΤΟ IDENTIFY THE VARIOUS PHASES BY WHICH THE POLICY OF UNISESSIONALISM IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS COULD BE IMPLEMENTED.
THE SECOND AREA OF IMPROVEMENT RELATED TO TEACHER PREPARATION AND LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENT.
HE SAID IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S AIM TO INCREASE TEACHER TRAINING CAPACITY TO ENABLE 80 PER CENT OF GRADUATE TEACHERS TO BE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED BY 1994, AND 90 PER
THE THIRD AREA OF IMPROVEMENT WAS CAUSED BY THE FLOATING CLASS SYSTEM. HE WOULD REMAIN FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE OF THE THE DEMAND FOR SCHOOL PLACES,
CENT IN THE LONGER TERM.
TO EASE THE PRESSURE NOW SAID, HOWEVER, THIS SYSTEM GEOGRAPHICAL IMBALANCE IN
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MR BRIDGE SAID A NEW "SCHEDULE OF ACCOMMODATION' FOR EACH NEW SECONDARY SCHOOL HAD RECENTLY BEEN APPROVED SO AS TO PROVIDE SEVEN ADDITIONAL TEACHING ROOMS.
"WE WILL ALSO ALTER EXISTING STANDARD DESIGN SCHOOLS ΤΟ PROVIDE THREE ADDITIONAL ROOMS IN EACH AS SOON AS WE CAN.
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MR BRIDGE ADMITTED THAT THERE WAS STILL A PROBLEM OF IMBALANCE IN THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL PLACES BETWEEN OLDER URBAN AREAS AND RAPIDLY DEVELOPING NEW TOWNS.
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FIRST PRIORITIES MUST BE то
CORRECT THIS
"ONE OF IMBALANCE, HE SAID.
/HE ADDED