Won-European
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MORE Education for Won-European Children in P-NG
i MAJOR advancement for non- L European schoolchildren in P-NG is contained in an an mncement that the Federal overnment will give financial sistance to the higher education : Australia of students of Asian id mixed-race parents.
The Administrator, who made the inouncement on behalf of the mister for Territories, said that e scheme would operate until the d of 1957, when it would be re jwed. It was hoped that by that ne a secondary school would be •operation in the Territory.
Brigadier Cleland made it clear at the purpose of the grant was [ensure that all Territory chil en capable of benefiting by jondary education had the oppor nity of securing it. rhe interim assistance announced [1) All Asian and mixed-race ddren of parents resident in thp rntory will be eligible for a sondary education subsidy on the tie basis as for European students mding they meet the required Rational standard. The amount of
the subsidy is £145 a year, plus one return fare (air) annually. Sub sidies will be payable for children already attending Australian secondary schools at their parents’ or guardians’ expense. (2) Thirty scholarships are to be awarded annually to children of mixed race from Territory schools.
The maximum value will be £345 a year, but benefits in excess of £145 will be subject to a means test. (3) Ten scholarships are to be awarded each year to children of mixed-race from Territory schools who have attained the Territory equivalent of Intermediate standard.
The Administrator said that students granted scholarships in 1956 and 1957 would be given a reasonable assurance that if their school results warranted it, they would have the opportunity of com pleting their secondary education in Australia up to matriculation.
The subsidies and scholarships will start from the beginning of the 1956 school year.
Mr. Hasluck’s Canberra statement said that one of the purposes of providing secondary education assistance was to ensure that there was a steadily increasing number of natives, Asians and persons of mixed race who would have the educational standards to assist their own people and the general de velopment of the Territory.