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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1989

"I NEVERTHELESS AGREE THAT IN PRINCIPLE MARKET BETTER METHOD THAN GOVERNMENT REGULATION, AND WE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A RELAXATION IN FEE CONTROL,

FROM

FORCES ARE A

WILL EXAMINE HE SAID.

Тоо WAS

MEAN, AS TO CRITICISM THAT THE FEE ASSISTANCE SCHEME HE SAID: "THE NUMBER OF PARENTS BENEFITTING

FEE ASSISTANCE IS RELATED TO FEE LEVELS AND WILL RISE AUTOMATICALLY AS FEES INCREASE PAY FOR IMPROVED STANDARDS.

ΤΟ

H

"THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE IS, MOREOVER, BASIS ON WHICH ASSISTANCE LEVELS ARE SET, POSSIBLE, HE NOTED.

REVIEWING

THE

AND

SOME

MAY CHANGES

BE

IN

INVOLVED GOVERNMENT WAS

MR BRIDGE SAID HE AGREED THAT THE PROCEDURES APPLYING FOR ASSISTANCE SHOULD BE SIMPLIFIED, AND THE LOOKING INTO HOW THIS COULD BE DONE.

OUT THAT COMPLETE ΤΟ 170 NEW

MR BRIDGE POINTED ON PRIMARY EDUCATION, CONVERSION TO WHOLE-DAY PRIMARY SCHOOLS WOULD REQUIRE UP SCHOOLS AND THESE WOULD COST $4 BILLION.

SITES, SINCE IT

TO CHILDREN

TRAVEL LONG

"ANOTHER DIFFICULTY LIES IN FINDING SUITABLE IS NOT REASONABLE TO EXPECT PRIMARY SCHOOL DISTANCES.

FOR SESSIONS

CONVERTING THE THE

"IT MAY BE MORE REALISTIC TO THINK IN TERMS OF UPPER PRIMARY CLASSES,

RETAINING HALF-DAY YOUNGER CHILDREN.

WHILE

"WE ARE WORKING OUT THE IMPLICATIONS OF

VARIOUS OPTIONS," HR

SAID.

AT

IN

ALSO

ΤΟ THE ADMINISTRATION ON SUGGESTIONS FOR MAKING IMPROVEMENTS OF SCHOOLS, MR BRIDGE SAID THE ADMINISTRATION WOULD CERTAINLY LOOK THE POSSIBILITY OF PROVIDING COMPUTERS AND

CLERKS ADDITIONAL PROVIDING DEPUTY PRINCIPALS SCHOOL OFFICES. THE CASE FOR

WAS

BEING EXAMINED.

HE SAID SOME OF THESE MATTERS OF DETAIL MIGHT BE LOOKED THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IN ITS REPORT NO.4.

AT BY

"BUT THE POINT NEEDS TO BE MADE THAT DIFFERENT NEEDS. A MORE GENERAL SOLUTION MAY

то FLEXIBILITY

IN SCHOOLS

THE USE OF

MANAGEMENT.

SCHOOLS INDIVIDUAL

BE TO GIVE ADDITIONAL IN SCHOOL AND RESOURCES

HAVE

"THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION IS NOW CONSIDERING HOW THE CODES AID MIGHT BE LIBERALISED FOR THIS PURPOSE, HE SAID.

THE DIRECT

SCHEME,

BY PROPOSED COMMISSION IN ITS REPORT NO.3, WOULD ALSO SERVE AS

PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

SUBSIDY

INCREASING THE FREEDOM OF

MONEY FLEXIBLY.

OF

THE EDUCATION

AN EXPERIMENT IN ΤΟ RAISE AND

USE

/WE WILL *****