XN000022-1993-02-25 — Page 6

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1993

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER WOULD BID FOR FUNDS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

FOLLOWING THE APPROVAL OF THE POLICY GOAL OF GRADUATE POSTS FOR UP ΤΟ 35 PER CENT OF PRIMARY TEACHERS BY 2007, THE GOVERNMENT WILL SEEK ADVICE FROM THE STANDING COMMISSION ON CIVIL SERVICE SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE ON APPROPRIATE RANKS AND PAY SCALES.

MEANWHILE,

TO ENSURE THAT DEGREE COURSES FOR PRIMARY TEACHERS

CAN BE LAUNCHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE A COURSE DEVELOPMENT GRANT OF $10 MILLION THIS YEAR.

**WE SHALL INVITE BIDS FOR THE GRANT AS SOON AS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TEACHER EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS ENDORSES. THE TERMS OF THE GRANT, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

**

"WE INTEND TO APPOINT THE COMMITTEE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS."

AS REGARDS THE PROPOSED INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION, THE SPOKESMAN REVEALED THAT PLANNING HAD ALREADY BEGUN, WITH THE APPOINTMENT LAST MONTH OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNING COUNCIL.

1994.

HE SAID THE GOVERNMENT AIMED TO SET UP THE INSTITUTE BY OCTOBER

THE ECR5 ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT A COUNCIL ON PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT IN EDUCATION SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED то PROMOTE TEACHER PROFESSIONALISM AND THAT A REVIEW BE CARRIED OUT IN FIVE YEARS' TIME TO ASSESS WHETHER A STATUTORY GOVERNING BODY FOR THE PROFESSION SHOULD BE CREATED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE GOVERNMENT INTENDED то SET UP THE COUNCIL THIS YEAR.

TOWARDS A

"HOWEVER, WE THINK THAT A MEANINGFUL REVIEW SHOULD BE FEASIBLE WITHIN THREE YEARS RATHER THAN FIVE, AND SO SHALL WORK REVIEW IN 1996, HE ADDED.

·

16