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MONDAY, MAY 30, 1994

EDUCATION COMMISSION WORKING GROUPS

THE EDUCATION COMMISSION TODAY (MONDAY) NOTED THE THREE REPORTS EDUCATIONAL SUBMITTED BY THE WORKING GROUPS ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY, STANDARDS, AND SCHOOL FUNDING.

THE

OF CHAIRMAN

THE COMMISSION, PROFESSOR ROSIE YOUNG, CONGRATULATED THE WORKING GROUPS ON THEIR EIGHT MONTHS OF HARD WORK.

"

SETTING

HAS PRODUCED

I AM PERSONALLY VERY PLEASED THAT THE NEW APPROACH OF WORKING GROUPS TO LOOK INTO SPECIFIC COMPLEX ISSUES SUCH GOOD RESULTS," PROFESSOR YOUNG SAID.

UP

"TO PURSUE THIS NEW STRATEGY FURTHER, WE HAVE ALSO DECIDED ON A NEW APPROACH TO PUBLIC CONSULTATION.

TO DECIDED

ASK THE

WORKING GROUP

**WE HAVE

ON LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TO MAKE A FEW EDITORIAL CHANGES, AND TO PUBLISH THE REPORT CAN ВВ ARRANGEMENTS AS IN JULY,

SOON AS TRANSLATION AND PRINTING COMPLETED.

"THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC MONTHS, UNTIL THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

CONSULTATION PERIOD

OF ABOUT THREE

ON

"DURING SEPTEMBER, THE REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS WILL BE PUBLISHED, ALSO FOR A THREE-MONTH PERIOD THE OF CONSULTATION. WE SHALL DECIDE LATER THE TIMING FOR PUBLISHING REPORT ON SCHOOL FUNDING, PROFESSOR YOUNG SAID.

ON ONE

"THIS ARRANGEMENT WILL ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO MAKE USEFUL COMMENTS

AND MAJOR TOPIC OF INTEREST AT A TIME,

WILL ENABLE THE BENEFIT FROM PUBLIC FEEDBACK BEFORE COMMISSION TO PROPOSALS TO THE GOVERNMENT," SHE ADDED.

IT

MAKES FINAL

0

BRIDGING COURSE TO PRE-VOCATIONAL TRAINING

TO TRANSFER

FOR STUDENTS WISHING A SIX-WEEK BRIDGING COURSE FROM A GRAMMER TO A PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL WILL START IN JULY,

A SPOKESMAN FOR

THE EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT

SAID THE PRACTICAL

COURSE, TRAINING

WHICH IS FREE OF CHARGE, PROVIDES THEORETICAL AND IN METALWORK, ELECTRICAL STUDIES AND TECHNICAL DRAWING.

1 IN A

"THE COURSE IS FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED SECONDARY A GRAMMER SCHOOL AND WHO WISH TO CONTINUE STUDIES IN SECONDARY 2 IN

THE SPOKESMAN SATD. PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR,

RECOMMENDATION BY

HE SAID THE COURSE WAS ARRANGED FOLLOWING A THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IN ITS REPORT NO. 4 ON THE NEEDS OF IN GRAMMER SCHOOLS WHO, AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, FOUND THEMSELVES

AND APPROACH

ΤΟ ACADEMIC INTEREST IN THE MORE

PRACTICAL SUBJECTS.

WISHED

STUDENTS LOSING

LEARN MORR

/THE COMMISSTON