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school without reasonable excuse.

(iii) Specific objectives over the planning period are:

(a)

to provide in the public sector sufficient Form I places

leading to Forms II and III to enable compulsory education

for children under 15 to be introduced in 1980;

(b) to achieve the objective stated at (a) above by the construction

of new schools, by the operation of additional classes in

government and aided schools by the use of flotation and by

buying places in private independent schools of an acceptable

standard;

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in making this provision, to minimize the use of schools

· regarded by the Director of Education as sub-standard in

terms of facilities whilst at the same time phasing out by

means of the building programme the less-than-satisfactory

bought places in private independent schools;

(d) to provide and maintain classroom accommodation, equipment

and facilities to the standards laid down in the Education

Regulations, the Code of Aid for Secondary Schools and other

approved policies;

(e) to provide sufficient appropriately trained teachers

for all classes in government, aided and non-profit-making

private schools;

(f) to provide guidance and assistance through, the Advisory

Inspectorate and the School Division as a help for secondary

schools in providing education of an appropriate scope and

standard;

(g) to provide suitable places for schoolchildren to do homework

and private study in areas where there is such a need by

opening classrooms in government and aided schools in the