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more under the supervision of the Library Section, Advisory

Inspectorate and a library grant of $10 per pupil per year.

There is no statement in this programme that places should be

provided on a regional basis. The need for additional junior

secondary places is assessed on a territory-wide basis, although

care is taken to ensure that new schools are located in areas of

under-provision.

5. Senior secondary and tertiary education

(i) This programme covers current policies concerning senior secondary

and tertiary education and comprises the full range of educational

opportunities beyond the basic three-year secondary courses.

The principal themes covered by this programme are:

senior secondary education (Forms IV - VI);

education in the technical institutes;

- education in the approved post secondary colleges;

ARARA

education in the colleges of education including the

Technical Teachers College;

- education at the highest level (universities and the

Polytechnic);

adult education.

(ii) The overall objective is to provide satisfactory facilities

for those who have completed the basic course of nine years of

general education and who wish to proceed to subsequent levels

of education.

(iii) The proposals regarding provisions at each level beyond the basic

junior secondary education course are based on:

(a)

the numbers in the appropriate age group who are estimated

to want to pursue such courses;