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Annually Recurrent -

Personal Emoluments

Annually Recurrent

Other Charges

Special Expenditure

Total, gross

- 8 -

Actual expenditure 1979-80

Approved

estimate

Estimate 1981-82

1980-81

$ million

$ million

$ million

1

1

1

411

457

657

136

288

182

548

746

840

5.13

Controlling Officer: Secretary, University and Polytechnic Grants

Committee

A full analysis of revenue and expenditure under the three

education heads is contained in the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure

for the Year Ending 31 March 1982.

5.14

B: Provision of places

The recent increased flow of immigrants from China has generated

a greater demand for primary and secondary school places. In the light of

the new population projections compiled by the Census and Statistics

Department in June 1979 the Director of Education has reviewed the Department's

planning targets. In the primary sector the increased demand is expected

to be fully absorbed within vacancies in existing primary schools. Proposals

to increase the supply of secondary places at all levels, having regard to

the new population projections, were approved on 12 December 1979. However,

at the secondary level it will now be necessary to re-assess the requirement

for new schools, taking into consideration the increase of numbers in the

age group.

Primary school places

5.15

In primary education the policy is to provide a government or

aided place for every child of primary school age (6-11). Actual enrolment

in primary classes exceeds the number in the 6-11 age group because it is