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WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1975

SUFFICIENT TRAINED TEACHERS EXPECTED

TO MEET 1978 REQUIREMENTS

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THERE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TRAINED TEACHERS FROM THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION TO MEET REQUIREMENTS FROM 1978 ONWARDS. DESPITE THE DECISION TO REDUCE THE INTAKE OF STUDENTS INTO THE COLLEGES FROM NEXT TERM, THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON. CHARLES LOWE, SAID TODAY.

MR. LOWE GAVE TWO REASONS FOR THE DECISION TO REDUCE THE THE STUDENT INTAKE - A PLANNED DEFERMENT OF SECONDARY EXPANSION PROPOSED IN THE WHITE PAPER IN THE LIGHT OF ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE DECISION TO REDUCE UNDER-UTILISED PRIMARY 1 CLASSES BECAUSE OF A FALLING PRIMARY AGE GROUP.

HE SAID THAT SINCE PART-TIME AND FULL-TIME TEACHER TRAINING COURSES ARE PLANNED ON A MINIMUM TWO-YEAR TIME LAG, AND IF THE FINANCIAL SITUATION ALLOWS THE GOVERNMENT TO GO FIRM IN 1976 ON ITS WHITE PAPER EXPANSION PLANS FOR SEPTEMBER 1978, THE NECESSARY EXPANSION OF ENROLMENTS CAN BE MADE FROM SEPTEMBER 1976 IN PHASE WITH THE TARGET.

HOWEVER, HE STRESSED, THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO BE MORE DÉFINITE ON ITS EXPANSION PLANS IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER 1976 TO AVOID THE DANGER OF OVER OR UNDER PROVISION OF TEACHERS.

HE NOTED THAT A RECENTLY CONCLUDED SURVEY OF THE COLLEGES INDICATES THAT THERE WAS ADEQUATE ACCOMMODATION FOR CONSIDERABLE EXPANSION OF BOTH THE FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME COURSES.

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