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NDP CONVENTION - Education

The following are the resolutions on Education passed at the annual convention of the NDP of BC during the past weekend:

A) Independent Schools (Whereas is omitted in this report)

That NDP party policy be clearly stated as follows:

1. There be no government financial aid to indenendent schools

2. independent schools be given access to public school facilities on the same basis as other community groups

3. independent school students be treated fairly and equitably

in academic matters such as course credits and transfer

4. independent schools which are adequately meeting the educational nesds of their students he allowed to operate without harassment from local or provincial school authorities

5. the provincial government actively encourage with legal, moral financial and other support the provision and development of

genuine alternative learning arrangements within the public school systen.

B)Governing Bodies of Educational Institutions

That the provincial government introduce legislation as soon

as possible that would

1. establish governing councils for each of the post-secondary institutions in the province, the councils to be made up of three equal sets of representatives democratically elected respectively by the students and the employees of the institution, and by the citizens of the geographical community that each institution serves, with the provision that the community representatives

of provincial institutions like the universities and the B.C. Institute of Technology be apnointed on some fair and equitable basis by the provincial government. :

2. Permit and encourage the formation of governing councils for each secondary school in the province, the councils to be made

up of three equal sets of representatives democratically elected respectively by the students and the employees of the high school and by the citizens of the local neighbourhood served by the school.

3. Permit and encourage methods of governance that could be implemented in each elementary school in the province, the methods to be designed to give equal weight to the respective needs and wishes of the studebs of the school, the employees

of the school, and the citizens of the neighbourhood served

by the school, with the clear provision that extensive research and experimentation be done to discover and implement democratic methods of govarnance which most effectively represent the needs and wishes of elementary age students.

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