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3.
GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS THE PRE-SCHOOL SECTOR. IT REFUNDS RATES AND RENT FOR NON-PROFIT-MAKING OPERATORS, PROVIDES TEACHER TRAINING AND CURRICULUM ADVICE BUT STOPS SHORT OF DIRECTLY SUBSIDISING KINDERGARTENS. PRIVATE OPERATORS RUN OVER 700 KINDERGARTENS FOR 190,000 CHILDREN, SUBJECT TO CONTROL ON SAFETY. PARENTS HAVE TO PAY FEES ON THEIR OWN BUT LESS WELL-OFF FAMILIES MAY SEEK FEE REMISSION FROM GOVERNMENT.
PRIMARY.
4 PRIMARY SCHOOLING IS THE FIRST SIX YEARS OF NINE YEARS OF FREE
AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION. THERE ARE 650 PRIMARY SCHOOLS ENROLLING HALF A MILLION CHILDREN. THE VAST MAJORITY ARE AIDED SCHOOLS OPERATED BY RELIGIOUS OR COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS. THE GOVERNMENT MEETS THE BULK OF THE CAPITAL COST AND ALL THE RECURRENT COSTS.
SECONDARY.
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THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLING ARE ALSO FREE AND COMPULSORY. THERE ARE 455 SECONDARY SCHOOLS ENROLLING 450,000 STUDENTS. THE VAST MAJORITY ARE AIDED SCHOOLS BUILT AND SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT. BEYOND SECONDARY 3, THE GOVERNMENT PROVIDES HEAVILY SUBSIDISED PLACES FOR 95 PERCENT OF THE RELEVANT AGE COHORT, IN GRAMMAR SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES. TUITION FEES ARE BASED ON A TARGET COST RECOVERY RATE OF 18 PERCENT (NOT YET REACHED) AND NOW RANGE FROM DOLLARS 3,150 TO DOLLARS 4,300 PER ANNUM. NEEDY PARENTS CAN HAVE THE FEE REMITTED.
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BEYOND SECONDARY 5, SUBSIDISED PLACES IN SIXTH FORM ARE PROVIDED FOR ONE THIRD OF THE AGE COHORT.
TERTIARY
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OF THOSE WHO MATRICULATE FROM SIXTH FORM, ABOUT 70 PERCENT ARE ABLE TO PROCEED TO TERTIARY EDUCATION. THERE ARE SEVEN DEGREE GRANTING INSTITUTIONS TWO COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITIES, ONE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, TWO POLYTECHNICS AND TWO LIBERAL COLLEGES FUNDED BY THE GOVERNMENT. ABOUT 50,000 STUDENTS ARE NOW ENROLLED. TUITION FEE IS BASED ON A TARGET COST RECOVERY RATE OF 18 PERCENT (AGAIN NOT YET ACHIEVED) AND THE CURRENT RATE IS DOLLARS 17,000 PER ANNUM. A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF GRANTS AND LOANS ARE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS ON A MEANS TESTED BASIS. IN ADDITION, THE OPEN LEARNING INSTITUTE, MODELLED SOMEWHAT ON THE BRITISH OPEN UNIVERSITY, OFFERS
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