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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1977

THUS, CONSIDERING TOGETHER SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, THERE WILL BE SUBSIDISED PLACES FOR SOME 64 PER CENT OF THE 15-YEAR-OLD POPULATION IN 1981 UPON COMPLETING FORM 3.

SOME OF THE REMAINDER OF THE POPULATION WILL OCCUPY OTHER PUBLICLY-PROVIDED PLACES, SUCH AS THOSE ON EVENING COURSES IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADULT EDUCATION CENTRES, IN SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL. IN ENGLISH-SPEAKING SCHOOLS OR IN SCHOOLS PROVIDING SPECIAL EDUCATION.

MOREOVER, SOME STUDENTS MAY CHOOSE TO GO ON AN UNASSISTED BASIS TO INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS, EVEN WHEN SUFFICIENT PUBLICLY- PROVIDED PLACES ARE AVAILABLE.

IN THE PERIOD AFTER 1981 THE NUMBER OF FORM 4-5 PLACES WILL BE HELD CONSTANT, ALTHOUGH THE 15-16 YEAR-OLD POPULATION WILL FALL.

THIS MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE A SUBSIDISED FORM 4 PLACE FOR SOME 63 PER CENT OF THE 16-YEAR-OLD POPULATION IN 1986.

ALSO, IT IS PROPOSED TO BUILD A NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT TUEN MÚN IN THE EARLY 1980'S IF JUSTIFIED BY DEMAND= THIS WOULD MEAN THAT THE PROPORTION OF PLACES AVAILABLE IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WOULD RISE TO 20% OF THE AGE-GROUP IN 1986- SO THAT BY 1986 THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR 83% TO CONTINUE THE IR EDUCATION ON A SUBSIDISED BASIS IN SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AFTER COMPLETING FORM 3, IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES MENTIONED ABOVE.

THE GREEN PAPER ASSERTS THAT +WITH ALL THESE CONSIDERATIONS IN MIND, IT IS RECKONED THAT DURING THE 1980'S THERE WILL BE AMPLE PUBLICLY-PROVIDED PLACES IN RELATION TO THE NEEDS OF THE POPULATION

IN THE AGE-GROUP.+

SIXTH FORMS

THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE THE POLICY DERIVED FROM THE 1974 WHITE PAPER OF PROVIDING A SUBSIDISED LOWER FORM 6 PLACE FOR UP TO ONE-THIRD OF STUDENTS ENTERING SUBSIDISED FORM 4 PLACES TWO YEARS PREVIOUSLY, PROVIDED THAT SUFFICIENT STUDENTS ARE FORTHCOMING WHO ARE FITTED FOR THE EXACTING ACADEMIC STANDARDS THAT A SIXTH FORM COURSE REQUIRES.

IT IS PLANNED THAT SIXTH FORM PLACES WILL BE PROVIDED FOR NEARLY 20% OF THE 17-YEAR-OLD POPULATION IN 1986, COMPARED WITH 5-1/2% IN 1977.

THE QUALITY OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

MUCH EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED ON IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF SECONDARY EDUCATION AT ALL STAGES. THE PLANNED INCREASE IN THE · NUMBER OF FULLY AIDED AND PER CAPUT GRANT SCHOOLS WILL ENABLE STUDENTS TO TAKE THE IR SECONDARY EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS THAT HAVE PURPOSE-BUILT ACCOMMODATION WITH SUFFICIENT WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY FACILITIES, AND THE RESOURCES TO EMPLOY TRAINED TEACHERS OF GOOD CALIBRE.

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