XN000022-1994-02-28 — Page 9

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1994

"HOWEVER, WE SHALL NEED TO CONSIDER PROPOSALS FOR DEVELOPING AND COST- CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL ACADEMIC MERITS EFFECTIVENESS, AND ABOVE ALL, IN RELATION TO THE COMPETITION FOR SCARCE RESOURCES FOR FUNDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EDUCATION AS A WHOLE.

TH

SYSTEM

FURTHER

THE UPGC'S

CONSIDERATION

INTERIM

HIGHER

EDUCATION

REPORT ALSO REFERS TO THE TO THE BALANCE IN AND THE UPDATING AND

PROVISION RE-ORIENTATION

NEED ΤΟ BETWEEN

OF

GIVE INITIAL KNOWLEDGE

THROUGHOUT AN INDIVIDUAL'S ADULT LIFE.

CONTINUING

EDUCATION PROVIDES

OPPORTUNITIES

FOR

PERSONAL

DEVELOPMENT

CAREER ADVANCEMENT AND ENABLES PEOPLE AND DEMANDS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE.

ΤΟ MEET THE

"WE ORGANISATION

THE

TO NEED

SEEK THE VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC AND FUNDING ARRANGEMENTS OF THIS INCREASINGLY ASPECT OF HIGHER EDUCATION, BUT ALSO ON ITS RELATIVE INTERFACE

EDUCATION SYSTEM AS A WITHIN

WHOLE,'

ADDED.

NOT

ONLY

ON IMPORTANT IMPORTANCE AND

THE

THE

SPOKESMAN

THE

DETAILS OF THE CONSULTATION PROGRAMME WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY IN EARLY MARCH

THE WHEN COPIES OF

INTERIM REPORT WILL BE

UPGC AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION TO INTERESTED PARTIES.

THE UPGC PLANS TO SUBMIT ITS FINAL REPORT ON THE REVIEW BY LATE 1994 OR EARLY 1995.

CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF PRIMARY ONE PLACES

* * * * *

ALL

CHILDREN WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR A PUBLIC-SECTOR PRIMARY ONE PLACE BUT HAVE NOT SECURED A DISCRETIONARY PLACE WILL BE CENTRALLY ALLOCATED TO A GOVERNMENT OR AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR THE 1994 SCHOOL YEAR.

THEY WILL RECEIVE A LETTER IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS FROM THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REQUESTING THEM TO GO TO A SPECIFIED DISTRIBUTION AND COLLECTION CENTRE TO COLLECT A "CHOICE OF SCHOOLS" FORM AND A LIST OF ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THEIR HOME DISTRICT FROM MARCH 5 (SATURDAY) TO MARCH 7 (MONDAY) FROM 9.30 AM TO 12.30 PM AND 1.30 PM TO 4.30 PM.

COMPLETED FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE SAME CENTRE WITHIN THE SAME PERIOD.

ALL DISTRIBUTION AND COLLECTION CENTRES WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING THE SPECIFIED TIME ON SUNDAY (MARCH 6).

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT IF THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT BY MARCH 4, THEY SHOULD CONTACT THE PRIMARY ONE ADMISSION UNIT ON 572 4383 IMMEDIATELY.

/PARENTS WHO