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Education Conference

The Deputy Director of Education, Miss Elaine Chung, is in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands to attend a four-day international education conference opening today (Tuesday).

The International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement Conference 1995 brings together high calibre participants from all over the world in a series of keynote presentations, symposia, case study and paper sessions on school themes.

The focus is on research, practice and policy making relating to school effectiveness and improvement.

The conference provides a good opportunity for experience sharing among participants with a view to finding solutions to individual educational problems.

End/Tuesday, January 3, 1995

Revision of fees for entry clearances

The United Kingdom Government has announced that fees for entry clearances for the United Kingdom, Commonwealth Countries and Dependent Territories represented by the Immigration Department are to be revised from tomorrow (Wednesday).

The new fees will be:

(A) Entry to the UK

Fees (Pounds Sterling)

(a)

Single Entry Clearance

(i)

For applicants aged 25 or over

33

(ii)

For applicants aged under 25

16.5

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