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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1988

"BY DOING SO WE WILL ADD TO THE QUALITY OF OUR EDUCATION BY MAKING AVAILABLE THE GREATER CHOICE AND VARIETY WHICH THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN PROVIDE."

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SAID MR BRIDGE

THE DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME WOULD PRIORITY TASK FOR THE PROPOSED PRIVATE SCHOOLS REVIEW COMMITTEE.

OF AS TO SOME MEMBERS' CALL FOR CHANGES TO THE CODES BRIDGE SAID THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WAS ALREADY CONSIDERING SOME SIMPLIFICATION TO ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.

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ON THE POINT THAT TEACHER TRAINING SHOULD BE HIVED OFF TERTIARY SECTOR, MR BRIDGE SAID THE EDUCATION COMMISSION MAKE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN ONE OF FUTURE REPORTS.

"I THINK WE MUST AWAIT THE COMMISSION'S ADVICE BEFORE CONTEMPLATING ANY RADICAL CHANGES TO OUR EXISTING SYSTEM," HE SAID.

DONE TURNING TO CIVIC EDUCATION, MR BRIDGE SAID MUCH WAS BEING FOLLOWING THE ISSUE OF THE GUIDELINES ON CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS IN 1985.

NEARLY THESE INCLUDED CIVIC EDUCATION PROGRAMMES INTRODUCED BY ALL SCHOOLS, TRAINING COURSES FOR TEACHERS,

PACKAGES, TEACHING INTRODUCTION OF A NEW SUBJECT--GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS--IN SENIOR SECONDARY AND SIXTH FORM CURRICULUM AND SETTING UP PUPILS

ASSOCIATIONS.

THE

OUTSIDE SCHOOLS, CIVIC EDUCATION WAS PROMOTED BY VARIOUS VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS AND GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, HE SAID.

EXPENDITURE MR BRIDGE NOTED THAT TOTAL PUBLIC

IN SUPPORT OF CIVIC EDUCATION DURING 1988-89 WOULD AMOUNT TO ABOUT $25 MILLION.

TURNING TO HIGHER EDUCATION, MR BRIDGE SAID THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUED TO DEVOTE RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE STANDARDS.

HE STRESSED THAT DECISIONS HAD NOT YET BEEN TAKEN ON RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION'S REPORT NO. 3 TO RATIONALISE THE STRUCTURE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION.

"WE HAVE CARRIED OUT A LONG, PAINSTAKING

PROGRAMME

OF

GATHERING AND ANALYSING PUBLIC COMMENT.

"WHATEVER DECISIONS ARE FINALLY MADE, ALL VIEWS EXPRESSED WILL HAVE BEEN MOST CAREFULLY CONSIDERED, MR BRIDGE SAID.

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MR BRIDGE

SHARING SOME MEMBERS' VIEW THAT RESEARCH WAS AN FACTOR IN MAINTAINING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC) WAS FUNDS SPECIFICALLY EARMARKED FOR SUCH A ACADEMIC YEAR.

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