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(iv) all pupils to follow the same general junior

secondary curriculum of which between 25 and 30

per cent would be allocated to practical and

technical subjects; schools to encourage cultural

subjects and physical education at this level;

(v) the Secondary School Entrance Examination to be

abolished as soon as sufficient junior secondary

places were available for every child;

(vi) with the abolition of the SSEE, an alternative

system to be devised to regulate the flow of

pupils fron primary to secondary schools, under

the general supervision of the Education Department;

secondary schools to be encouraged to avoid elitist

admission policies and to accept pupils of all levels

of ability but secondary schools with linked primary

schools to be allowed to give preference to pupils

from the latter; schools to be discouraged from

setting their own entrance examinations;

(vii) after completing junior secondary education children

selected by the proposed Junior Certificate of Education

examination to enter senior secondary grammar or technical

forms, 60 per cent of the places to be provided in grammar

and 40 per cent in technical forms; sufficient places to

be provided in senior secondary forms for 40 per cent of

the 15 16 age group by 1979; the government to decide

in due course whether a higher target percentage should

be set for the public sector, having regard to the fact

that the private sector would continue to offer an

alternative for children who were ineligible for

subsidised senior secondary education or who opted for

private education, thus resulting in at least 55 per

cent receiving senior secondary education by 1979:

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