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such laws to have effect in the Colony.

Beyond any such requirements of statute law, the administration provides education as part of its moral and social commitment to the community.

16.

There is no specific fellowship system for education in the Colony. Recruitment of teaching staff is carried out by the administration as the occasion requires. There is no discrimination on grounds of race, religion or sex. Many teachers are women.

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The remuneration and working conditions of teaching staff are reviewed periodically, and the staff are free to make representations at any time. The majority of teachers recruited from the United Kingdom receive supplement from the British Government to keep their remuneration in line with their colleagues in the United Kingdom. Locally employed and expatriate teachers are free to join the Civil Servants' Association, a union of civil servants. Education policy is in the hands of the administration and is put into effect by the Superintendent of Education, the head of the administration's Education Department. Both Senior and Junior Schools have headmasters and there is an education officer specifically responsible for education outside Stanley, their advice and opinions are of great value in the formulation of policy and preparation of curricula. The Regulations made under the Education Ordinance, 1967, provide that:

"Time tables and schemes of work shall be prepared in advance at the beginning of the school year by the Headmaster and submitted to the Superintendent for his approval".

"Schemes of work for use by recognized teachers in camp shall be prepared by the Superintendent" (Regulation 7 (2)).

"Camp" means the rural area of the Colony outside Stanley.

18. As mentioned, there are no private schools in the Colony. Parents, however, are free to send their children overseas to private schools.

19.

The majority of children are Anglican or Roman Catholic. There is religious education as part of the curricula, but this is of a non-denominational general nature recognized by the British Council of Churches as suitable for most forms of Christianity. There is no provision for non-Christian religious teaching. Non-Christians form a small minority of the population, only about 6 per cent. children in the Colony are English-speaking and are taught in English. There are two Argentine teachers teaching Spanish.

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There are no laws or procedures to inhibit the setting up of private schools or educational establishments.

21.

ARTICLE 14

The Education Ordinance, 1967, provides that:

"A child shall be entered at a recognized school on the first day of the term in which he shall attain the age of five years" (section 3).

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