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school without reasonable excuse and to promote within primary

education the aims and objects outlined in paragraph (i) above.

(iii) The specific objectives are:

(a) to provide new classroom accommodation as required by the

movement of population, to enable children to attend schools

within 0.4 km of their home;

(b) to provide and maintain classroom accommodation, equipment

and facilities to the standards laid down in the Education

Regulations, the Code of Aid for Primary Schools, and other

approved policies;

(c) to provide sufficient appropriately trained teachers in

government and aided schools;

(d) to provide guidance and assistance through the Schools

Division and the Advisory Inspectorate to help primary

schools to work towards the achievement of the aims described

in para. (i) above;

(e) to provide primary schools with ETV programmes with a view

to supplementing and enriching the teaching and learning

activities;*

(f) to reduce the number of over-age children in primary schools

(8.3% of total primary enrolments in September 1980 were

aged 12 or over) by discouraging late entry and limiting

repetition;

(g) to provide suitable places for primary school children to

do homework and private study in areas where there is such

a need by opening classrooms in government and aided schools

in the evenings;

(h) to provide guidance and counselling to primary school

children and to assist in the enforcement of compulsory

* ETV programmes are also provided for junior secondary forms.