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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1989
"I NEVERTHELESS AGREE THAT IN PRINCIPLE MARKET BETTER METHOD THAN GOVERNMENT REGULATION, AND WE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A RELAXATION IN FEE CONTROL,
FROM
FORCES ARE A
WILL EXAMINE HE SAID.
Тоо WAS
MEAN, AS TO CRITICISM THAT THE FEE ASSISTANCE SCHEME HE SAID: "THE NUMBER OF PARENTS BENEFITTING
FEE ASSISTANCE IS RELATED TO FEE LEVELS AND WILL RISE AUTOMATICALLY AS FEES INCREASE PAY FOR IMPROVED STANDARDS.
ΤΟ
H
"THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE IS, MOREOVER, BASIS ON WHICH ASSISTANCE LEVELS ARE SET, POSSIBLE, HE NOTED.
REVIEWING
THE
AND
SOME
MAY CHANGES
BE
IN
INVOLVED GOVERNMENT WAS
MR BRIDGE SAID HE AGREED THAT THE PROCEDURES APPLYING FOR ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE SIMPLIFIED, AND THE LOOKING INTO HOW THIS COULD BE DONE.
OUT THAT COMPLETE ΤΟ 170 NEW
MR BRIDGE POINTED ON PRIMARY EDUCATION, CONVERSION TO WHOLE-DAY PRIMARY SCHOOLS WOULD REQUIRE UP SCHOOLS AND THESE WOULD COST $4 BILLION.
SITES, SINCE IT
TO CHILDREN
TRAVEL LONG
"ANOTHER DIFFICULTY LIES IN FINDING SUITABLE IS NOT REASONABLE TO EXPECT PRIMARY SCHOOL DISTANCES.
FOR SESSIONS
CONVERTING THE THE
"IT MAY BE MORE REALISTIC TO THINK IN TERMS OF UPPER PRIMARY CLASSES,
RETAINING HALF-DAY YOUNGER CHILDREN.
WHILE
"WE ARE WORKING OUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF
VARIOUS OPTIONS," HR
SAID.
AT
IN
ALSO
ΤΟ THE ADMINISTRATION ON SUGGESTIONS FOR MAKING IMPROVEMENTS OF SCHOOLS, MR BRIDGE SAID THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD CERTAINLY LOOK THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING COMPUTERS AND
CLERKS ADDITIONAL PROVIDING DEPUTY PRINCIPALS SCHOOL OFFICES. THE CASE FOR
WAS
BEING EXAMINED.
HE SAID SOME OF THESE MATTERS OF DETAIL MIGHT BE LOOKED THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IN ITS REPORT NO.4.
AT BY
"BUT THE POINT NEEDS TO BE MADE THAT DIFFERENT NEEDS. A MORE GENERAL SOLUTION MAY
то FLEXIBILITY
IN SCHOOLS
THE USE OF
MANAGEMENT.
SCHOOLS INDIVIDUAL
BE TO GIVE ADDITIONAL IN SCHOOL AND RESOURCES
HAVE
"THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION IS NOW CONSIDERING HOW THE CODES AID MIGHT BE LIBERALISED FOR THIS PURPOSE, HE SAID.
THE DIRECT
SCHEME,
BY PROPOSED COMMISSION IN ITS REPORT NO.3, WOULD ALSO SERVE AS
PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS
SUBSIDY
INCREASING THE FREEDOM OF
MONEY FLEXIBLY.
OF
THE EDUCATION
AN EXPERIMENT IN ΤΟ RAISE AND
USE
/WE WILL *****