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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990

SUFFICIENT

HAD

NOTING THAT THE PRESENT SUPPLY OF GRADUATES WAS NOT

THE GOVERNOR TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWING REQUIREMENTS OF EMPLOYERS,

HAD SAID WE MUST POINTED OUT THAT IN HIS LAST POLICY ADDRESS HE INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LOCAL GRADUATES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND ASKED THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER

FIRST-DEGREE TO ACHIEVE A MAJOR INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FIRST-YEAR, PLACES.

THE

HOW

THE

INTERNATIONALLY

THE COMMITTEE HAD NOW PRODUCED A PLAN WHICH WOULD DELIVER

AND, NEEDED

AT

SAME NUMBERS

TIME, MAINTAIN RECOGNISED STANDARDS.

+ "ITS PROPOSALS WILL MEAN THAT, BY 1994, SIX OUT OF 10 LEAVING THE SIXTH FORM WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY FOR A COURSE AT ONE OF OUR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.

"THE

STUDENTS DEGREE

ON

UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WILL OPEN SCHEDULE NEXT AUTUMN, WILL PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THIS EXPANSION, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

"

RECOGNISING THE EDUCATION EXPANSION PROGRAMME WAS AMBITIOUS AND SIR THE STRAIN WOULD FALL PARTICULARLY HEAVILY ON THE TEACHING STAFF,

TO 3,000 NEW UNIVERSITY DAVID SAID WE SHOULD NEED TO RECRUIT UP

ACADEMICS AND A LOCAL TEACHERS, AGAINST A WORLDWIDE SHORTAGE OF BACKGROUND OF LOSSES THROUGH EMIGRATION.

"THIS WILL NOT BE EASY; BUT THE UPGC HAS ALREADY " HE SAID. RECOMMENDATIONS ON WAYS TO MEET THE CHALLENGE,

PUT FORWARD

FIELD OF AND

ON THE NEED TO MOVE FROM QUANTITY TO QUALITY IN THE SCHOOLING, THE GOVERNOR SAID WE NOW HAD SUFFICIENT SCHOOL PLACES,

TACKLE MANY QUALITY-RELATED WE NEEDED TO RAISE THEIR STANDARD AND ISSUES.

"WE HAVE ALREADY INTRODUCED INTO THE CURRICULUM A SUBJECTS DESIGNED TO MEET MODERN EXPECTATIONS, INCLUDING DESIGN, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY AND COMPUTER STUDIES.

SERIES OF ART AND

AND A-LEVEL

CURRICULUM; FORM "WE HAVE REFORMED THE SIXTH EXAMINATIONS WILL BE HELD IN THE MEDIUM OF CHINESE IN 1992.

REQUIRED

"THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE PART OF THE CONSTANT UPDATING

** THE GOVERNOR TO KEEP UP WITH NEW DEMANDS AND REACH HIGHER STANDARDS, SAID.

THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT BOTH HIGHER STANDARDS AND GREATER OF CHOICE CHOICE WERE IMPORTANT AND GIVING FAMILIES GREATER FREEDOM WAS THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE NEW DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME.

TO "EXISTING AIDED OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS WHICH QUALIFY FOR ENTRY

SELECTING THEIR OWN THIS SCHEME WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL FREEDOM IN PUPILS; SETTING THEIR OWN CURRICULA; AND MANAGING THEIR OWN FINANCES.

'THE

GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY THEY GET WILL BE IN DIRECT TO THE NUMBER OF PUPILS THEY ATTRACT.

PROPORTION

/"THE SCHEME

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