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year, but as a consequence of their proposals that it

should be phased out in that year. In other words

removal of the JSEA from the educational scene is a

by-product of the Commission's recommendations on

post-Form 3 education rather than the objective behind

them.

The specific recommendations involve the

construction of a further 35 secondary schools

(including the 11 approved for the specific purpose of phasing out Forms 1-3 bought places in the less

satisfactory private schools), the introduction of a

more symmetrical class structure in existing secondary schools to enable more Form 3 leavers to proceed to Forms 4 and 5 without having to change school, the use of bought places in Forms 4 and 5 of those private profit-making schools which can offer a satisfactory standard of education, the provision of additional full-time craft places, and as highlighted by

Miss Maria Tam, a broadening of the curriculum to cater for the full range of student ability.