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FHULDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1974.

+IT GOES DEEPER. STREAMS WITHIN A SCHOOL WILL HAVE DIFFERENT NEEDS, SHOULD AS MUCH ENGLISH BE USED IN FORM 1 AS

IN FORM 3? I DO NOT THINK SO. CERTAIN SUBJECTS CAN BE BETTER TAUGHT IN ENGLISH THAN OTHERS, SCIENCE RATHER THAN ARTS SUBJECTS, FOR EXAMPLE.+

ON THE ABOLITION OF THE S.S.E.E., MR. LOWE SAID : +¡ AGREE THAT WE ARE THROWING AWAY A SELECTION" SYSTEM WHICH IS FAIR AND MAKING SELECTION MORE DIFFICULT AND OPEN TO QUESTION. NEVERTHELESS, ABOLITION IS A POLITICAL NECESSITY AND WE HAVE OUTGROWN S.S.E.E.

+INCIDENTALLY A WORKING PARTY IS BEING SET UP OF OFFICIALS IN THE DEPARTMENT, TEACHERS AND HEADS, AND HOPEFULLY WITH LAY REPRESENTATION, TO WORK OUT THE BEST WAY OF PROCEEDING. I THINK THAT ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES, PROBABLY ZONAL, CAN BE DEVISED TO REPLACE S.S.E.E. WE HAVE THREE YEARS TO DO IT. ·

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+WE HAVE SIX YEARS TO WORK OUT DETAILS OF THE FORM 3 SELECTION. IN EIGHT YEARS WE MAY HAVE GOT A HIGHER PULLTHROUGH RATE INTO FORM 4 WHICH WILL TAKE OUT MUCH OF THE HEAT. ENTIRELY AGREE THAT THIS EXAMINATION MUST NOT BE A MINI CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION.+

OFFERING TWO PIECES OF ADVICE TO THE PUPILS, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR TOLD THEM NEVER TO FORGET THE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AFTER THEY HAD LEFT SCHOOL AND MORALITY GIVEN THEM BY THEIR SCHOOL, LA SALLE.

+NEVER SIT DOWN AND GRUMBLE IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG. WHY DON'T THEY (USUALLY THE GOVERNMENT) DO THIS OR THAT? THINK FOR AN HOUR ABOUT THE BEST MEANS TO ADOPT THEN SET ABOUT PUTTING IT RIGHT YOURSELVES.

+MANY PEOPLE LIKE TO KEEP AWAY FROM GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. THIS IS WRONG. SEE THE OFFICIAL ACROSS THE DESK AND POLITELY ARGUE THE CASE. THIS IS WORTH 20 LETTERS TO THE

DEPARTMENT AND 20 MORE TO THE NEWSPAPER.+

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