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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1987
REFERRING TO THE PROPOSAL CALLING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OPEN EDUCATION CONSORTIUM, MR BRIDGE SAID THERE HAD BEEN MANY USEFUL SUGGESTIONS AS TO HOW THE CONSORTIUM SHOULD FURTHER BE DEVELOPED.
+DIFFERING VIEWS HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED IN RELATION TO WHAT LEVEL OF COURSE SHOULD BE OFFERED FIRST, WHAT INSTITUTIONS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE CONSORTIUM AND WHAT SHOULD BE THE EXTENT AND FORM, IF ANY, OF GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY, HE SAID.
MR BRIDGE SAID HE AGREED WITH THE COMMISSION THAT SOMETHING MORE THAN CO-OPERATION OF AUTONOMOUS INSTITUTIONS WAS REQUIRED FOR AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAMME TO ENSURE INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY.
TURNING TO PROPOSALS ON THE FINANCING OF EDUCATION, MR BRIDGE SAID THAT IT HAD ATTRACTED RELATIVELY LITTLE COMMENT.
ON LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION, HE WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT GIVEN TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE MAJOR PROPOSALS IN REPORT NO. 1.
MR BRIDGE SAID THAT ALL COMMENTS WILL BE ANALYSED BY THE ADMINISTRATION ISSUES WHICH HAD PROVED TO BE CONTROVERSIAL OR SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS WHICH HAD BEEN PROPOSED WILL THEN BE REFERRED BACK TO THE EDUCATION COMMISSION FOR ADVICE.
+THEREAFTER, IT IS INTENDED THAT ALL THE TOPICS IN THE REPORT WILL BE PUT TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN MID-1987,+ HE NOTED.
HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT TO ASSIST IN THE ASSESSMENT OF PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ADVISE ON SUITABLE PLANS FOR IMPLEMENTATION BEFORE CONSIDERATION BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, WORKING GROUPS HAVE BEEN SET UP ON PRE-PRIMARY SERVICES, SIXTH-FORM EDUCATION AND OPEN EDUCATION.
+IN ADDITION, A STEERING COMMITTEE ON THE FINANCING OF EDUCATION HAS BEEN CONVENED TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN CHAPTER 9 OF THE REPORT IN PARTICULAR, TO ADMINISTER THE PROPOSED CONSULTANCY ON FINANCIAL MODELS, HE SAID.
IN CONCLUSION, MR BRIDGE REITERATED THAT PARTICULAR ATTENTION WOULD BE PAID, IN DRAWING UP FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS, MEMBERS' VIEWS AS EXPRESSED IN TODAY'S DEBATE AND IN THE FURTHER DEBATE TO BE HELD NEXT MONTH ON THE COMMISSION'S SIXTH-FORM PROPOSALS.
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