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TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1982

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57 CAPUT SCHOOLS TO ACHIEVE AIDED STATUS

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FIFTY-SEVEN CAPUT SCHOOLS WILL ACHIEVE AIDED STATUS FROM THIS SEPTEMNER, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE SAID TODAY (TUESDAY),

SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CAPUT SCHOOLS COUNCIL, MR HAYE SAID: IN SEPTEMBER ALL TEACHERS IN THESE SCHOOLS WILL BE GETTING THE SAME SALARIES AS THE IR GOVERNMENT SCHOOL COUNTERPARTS, AND THE SCHOOLS WILL QUALIFY FOR ALL THE GRANTS COVERED BY THE CODE OF AID.+

MR HAYE STRESSED THAT THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS OF THESE SCHOOLS HAD RECEIVED SYMPATHETIC CONSIDERATION BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

+TO ASSIST THE SCHOOLS TO RETAIN THE SERVICES OF PERMITTED TEACHERS WHO HAD SERVED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME, THE DEPARTMENT HAS GIVEN PRIORITY CONSIDERATION TO THESE TEACHERS FOR ADMISSION TO IN-SERVICE COURSES.+

+AND LET US NOT FORGET THE CAPUT SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN SPECIAL CONSIDERATION TO BRING THEIR SALARIES INTO LINE WITH THE IR GOVERNMENT SCHOOL COUNTERPARTS, THE DIRECTOR ADDED.

COMING ON TO FULL AID CARRIED WITH IT A DEGREE OF ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER THE CODE OF AID, AND MR HAYE NOTED:

+YOU MAY FIND SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE CODE IRKSOME, BUT THEY ARE NECESSARY BECAUSE THE MONEY WHICH NOW FUNDS YOUR TEACHERS' SALARIES AND SCHOOL EXPENSES IS FROM THE TAXPAYER- AND THE TAXPAYER HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW THAT HIS MONEY IS BEING SENSIBLY SPENT.

REFERRING TO SEVERAL CAPUT SCHOOLS WHICH ARE STILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING JOINING THE CONVERSION SCHEME, MR HAYE ADVISED THEIR HEADS THAT DECISION SHOULD BE MADE SOON SINCE THE GOVERNMENT COULD NOT KEEP ITS DOOR OPEN INDEFINITELY.

+COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS AND COME IN OUT OF THE COLD, HE SAID.