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Feb. 5' With the church and government involved, the school has many bosses.
There is an educational secretary and
a board of governors, responsible for
running the school. The campus
contains primary school, secondary
and high school. In the afternoon
a private primary and secondary
school meets there.
The school includes Form 6 and
is in the 6-5-2 (13 yr.) system.
US schools are in a 6-3-3 system.
It is a boys school except for Form
6 which includes girls. The enrollment
is 1100. It is one of few schools
that offers Matriculation - the HSC
(Higher Secondary Certificate). The
Methodists have no program for
teacher training. The Catholics do,
however. All teachers in the school
were trained in government training
schools (a, I suppose, were imported).
Most of the teachers were educated in
Malaya. Some are from India but
their degree is not recognized. Mr.
More said some of the Indian teachers
were well qualified, others not. The
good ones after 4 or 5 yrs. should have
their degree recognized, he feels.
All students get general science
from first to fifth secondary year.