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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990
SUFFICIENT
HAD
NOTING THAT THE PRESENT SUPPLY OF GRADUATES WAS NOT
THE GOVERNOR TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWING REQUIREMENTS OF EMPLOYERS,
HAD SAID WE MUST POINTED OUT THAT IN HIS LAST POLICY ADDRESS HE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LOCAL GRADUATES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND ASKED THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER
FIRST-DEGREE TO ACHIEVE A MAJOR INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FIRST-YEAR, PLACES.
THE
HOW
THE
INTERNATIONALLY
THE COMMITTEE HAD NOW PRODUCED A PLAN WHICH WOULD DELIVER
AND, NEEDED
AT
SAME NUMBERS
TIME, MAINTAIN RECOGNISED STANDARDS.
+ "ITS PROPOSALS WILL MEAN THAT, BY 1994, SIX OUT OF 10 LEAVING THE SIXTH FORM WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY FOR A COURSE AT ONE OF OUR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.
"THE
STUDENTS DEGREE
ON
UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WILL OPEN SCHEDULE NEXT AUTUMN, WILL PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THIS EXPANSION, THE GOVERNOR SAID.
"
RECOGNISING THE EDUCATION EXPANSION PROGRAMME WAS AMBITIOUS AND SIR THE STRAIN WOULD FALL PARTICULARLY HEAVILY ON THE TEACHING STAFF,
TO 3,000 NEW UNIVERSITY DAVID SAID WE SHOULD NEED TO RECRUIT UP
ACADEMICS AND A LOCAL TEACHERS, AGAINST A WORLDWIDE SHORTAGE OF BACKGROUND OF LOSSES THROUGH EMIGRATION.
"THIS WILL NOT BE EASY; BUT THE UPGC HAS ALREADY " HE SAID. RECOMMENDATIONS ON WAYS TO MEET THE CHALLENGE,
PUT FORWARD
FIELD OF AND
ON THE NEED TO MOVE FROM QUANTITY TO QUALITY IN THE SCHOOLING, THE GOVERNOR SAID WE NOW HAD SUFFICIENT SCHOOL PLACES,
TACKLE MANY QUALITY-RELATED WE NEEDED TO RAISE THEIR STANDARD AND ISSUES.
"WE HAVE ALREADY INTRODUCED INTO THE CURRICULUM A SUBJECTS DESIGNED TO MEET MODERN EXPECTATIONS, INCLUDING DESIGN, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER STUDIES.
SERIES OF ART AND
AND A-LEVEL
CURRICULUM; FORM "WE HAVE REFORMED THE SIXTH EXAMINATIONS WILL BE HELD IN THE MEDIUM OF CHINESE IN 1992.
REQUIRED
"THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE PART OF THE CONSTANT UPDATING
** THE GOVERNOR TO KEEP UP WITH NEW DEMANDS AND REACH HIGHER STANDARDS, SAID.
THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT BOTH HIGHER STANDARDS AND GREATER OF CHOICE CHOICE WERE IMPORTANT AND GIVING FAMILIES GREATER FREEDOM WAS THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE NEW DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME.
TO "EXISTING AIDED OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS WHICH QUALIFY FOR ENTRY
SELECTING THEIR OWN THIS SCHEME WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL FREEDOM IN PUPILS; SETTING THEIR OWN CURRICULA; AND MANAGING THEIR OWN FINANCES.
'THE
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY THEY GET WILL BE IN DIRECT TO THE NUMBER OF PUPILS THEY ATTRACT.
PROPORTION
/"THE SCHEME
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