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JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION
FORMS I-III
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By comparison with the previous table, only the total demand, based on the estimated number of Primary 6 leavers, has been shown. Actual demand will be lower than this because
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(a) approximately 13,000 P.6 leavers in 1978 will be aged 14 and above and 4,000 will be aged 15 and over;
not all of these older primary leavers will wish to continue their education at the secondary level; (b) some of the less able P.6 leavers will go to special schools;
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(c) some P.6 leavers may opt to continue their education in an unsubsidized place in a private secondary
school. Although there have been sufficient free primary places in the public sector for all since 1971, the P.6 population in 1976 included 11,249 children in unsubsidized private primary schools.
As in the previous report, no allowance is made for students who fail to complete a 3-year course of secondary education.
The demand for Form. I places in 1977/78 is expressed in terms of students sitting the Secondary School Entrance Examination (SSEE), which will be held for the last time in that year.
The figure for demand at the Form I-III level in 1977/78 is lower than that in the previous table, which was based on the 12-14 age group and not on the number of Primary 6 leavers.
The figures for demand at the Form I-III level in 1978/79 and 1979/80 are higher than those in the previous table, as allowance has now been made for children who attend secondary school but did not sit the SSEE.
As in the previous table, the supply of places in Categories B(i) and B(ii) only takes account of the approved Stages I and II of the Secondary Schools Building Programme. Consideration is being given to a further stage of the Building Programme designed to reduce the requirement for bi-sessional places (Category B(iv)) and to stop buying places in the independent schools classified as B and C (Category B(v))
Additional see note 7 below. school building during the forecast period will be limited by the availability of sites in the developing New Towns, where the regional demand for new secondary schools will arise.
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All private independent schools have been classified by the Director of Education as A, B and C, according to the quality of education provided. In the previous table all the private independent schools were grouped together, but it is now assumed for planning purposes that Government will continue to buy all the places available in schools classified A (Category B(iii)) during the planning period, and that places will be bought in schools classified B and C (Category B(v)) to the extent required to meet the demand.
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