TNAG-0251-FCO40-287-Education-policy-of-government-of-Hong-Kong-1970 — Page 61

Wednesday, August 5, 1970

(iv) The extra school places to be found in Forms I

III under this new policy will be provided either directly in Government or Aided schools, or in private non-profit schools which will be assisted for the purpose, or by buying places in suitable private schools: in whatever proportion appears the most suitable and economic,

"This statement of aims of the proposed policy was referred to

the Board of Education at its meeting on 30th April, 1970, and the members

unanimously welcomed the proposals.

"The present thinking is that the planning of this enormous expansion

might proceed on the following broad guidelines so as to provide by 1976

the following distribution of places:-

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(a) sufficient places in Government and aided secondary

grammar schools for 14 per cent of the 12

16 age group to proceed on to aided courses leading to a Certificate of Education, and in Government and aided secondary technical schools for 4 per cent of the 12

16 age group. It is estimated that some 43,000

additional places will be required, at an order of cost of some $144 million in capital subsidies and $29 million annually in recurrent subsidies if they are all provided in aided schools.

(b) 10,000 places in Government and aided secondary

modern and pre-vocational schools offering three- year courses. This has already been approved in principle. 5,000 new places will be required in aided pre-vocational schools, costing an estimated $10.6 million in capital subsidies and $3.75 million annually in recurrent subsidies; and

(c) 70,600 bought places in Forms I - III of private

schools, of which some may have to be in new schools attracting a capital subsidy. On this basis, the order of cost to public funds is estimated at $95 million in capital subsidies and $33 million annually in recurrent grants.

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