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Wednesday, March 29, 1972

A report by the Committee emphasised that the responsibility

for the training of skilled manpower was divided between Industry on the one hand, to provide the practical training and Government on the other

hand to provide the related technical education.

The Committee recommended that the best means of carrying out this principle was by means of part-time day-relcase courses whereby young people who were being trained by means of apprenticeship in industry were released for one day a week to attend a technical institute for their

related technical education.

Technical Institutes

Mr. Canning said that for this reason,

courses at the Morrison

Hill Technical Institute and the courses in the two now technical institutes

at present under planning were based as far as possible on the principle

of part-time day-relcaso.

"This division of responsibility for technical training is fully accepted by the Industrial Training Advisory Committee in its final report.

"It is essential, therefore, that the provision of technical institutes should attempt to keep in phase with the numbers of places provided in properly organised apprenticeship schemes within industry and

the rate at which industry will be providing apprentice training opportunities will, no doubt, have some bearing on the assessment of the need for additional technical institutes," Mr. Canning said.

He announced that plans were under consideration for the expansion of the Morrison Hill Technical Institute by the addition of some 6,000 square feet of workshop area and constant review of courses were taking place to provide the best possible use of the facilities available.

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