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Saturday, January 6, 1973
'I would be surprised if there were no criticism at all. In fact,
I would be worried. However, let me assure you it is the intention that our
education service should be as big as we can make it and as good as we can
make it. It will be the job of the re-constituted Board of Education and my
department to achieve this as expeditiously as possible."
The Director pointed out that "we have achieved the aim of providing
free primary education for all children and we are making considerable advances
in post-secondary education."
On the development programme for subsidised pre-vocational schools,
Mr. Canning said that it was planned to increase the number of places in these
schools from the present 11,000 to 30,000 by the end of the decade.
He said: "We are very keen on these schools as they provide primary
school leavers with the opportunity to prepare themselves for skilled occupation
When they complete the three-year courses in these schools they will make idea.
apprentices with opportunities to progress to become craftsmen or technicians
by further training.
**The future regarding apprentice training is encouraging. Some me
ago only Government, the utility companies, the dockyards and other large
Western firms had fully developed apprenticeship schemes. Nowadays more and
more of our manufacturing industries are becoming appreciative of the value of
well organised apprenticeship schemes. This is where our technical institute
plays its part by providing technical training either full-time or block
release, part-time day-release, part-time evening and other short courses.
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