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Tuesday, June 12, 1973
BOARD OF EDUCATION TO SUBMIT REPORT IN AUGUST
The reconstituted Board of Education intends to submit its report
to the Governor, Sir Murray MacLehose, by August this year and it will be
published as a "Green Paper" for public discussion and comment.
The board, appointed in January this year, has been charged with
advising the Governor on all educational matters.
A spokesman for the Education Department said today that in particular
it has been given the task of taking a new look at the educational and
examination system that will be appropriate to the conditions of expanded
secondary education envisaged by the government. It will also advise
on the speed with which this can be implemented.
The board has publicly asked for comments and suggestions from
all interested partics to help members in their deliberations and so far
37 written representations have been received, the spokesman added.
Anong other matters, the Board of Education will be advising on the
best way of achieving, within the shortest time practicable, the objectives
of providing three years of secondary education for all in the 12-14 year
age group, and of doubling places for the full five-year course.
The spokesman said: "In making recommendations, the board will
obviously be concerned both with quality and quantity and will have to take
into account the availability of staff and buildings as well as other factors."
It has also been asked to advise on the degree of bi-sessionalism
it considers appropriate in the short and long term in secondary schools.
The spokesman
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