A4 - Sunday, May 27, 1984 - North Shore News JUNE 4 MEETING school children will have a second chance to delve into the provincial government’s White Paper on secondary school graduation requirements a week tomorrow. The North Vancouver Parents Council on Educa- tion will hold a_ public meeting Monday, June 4, to discuss the impact of the white paper. The organization, an umbrella group for school parent associations, has in- vited a representative of the Ministry of Education to the meeting and while have a number of North Shore educators on hand to give their views on the proposed changes to secondary school education, The White Paper, which has drawn criticism from school boards and teachers’ associations throughout the province, has proposed that secondary school graduation requirements be toughened, with heavier emphasis on mathematics and_= science Strictly personal by Bob Hunter Not available this issue courses. As well, students will be ‘*‘streamed’’ into three general programs — an arts and science program, a technical arts and _ sciences program and a career preparation program. With the increased em- phasis on the sciences and math, other courses such as art and physical education will play less important roles in graduation requirements. Changes proposed in the White Paper would go into effect in September, 1985, if approved by the provincial government. The Parents Council on Education is a group com- posed primarily of parents NV parents’ school group will discuss White Paper proposals PARENTS OF North Vancouver that was formed ot increase comnmunication about education issues’ between parents and professional educators. Next Monday’s meeting will be held at 8 p.m. in the library of Sutherland Secondary School, 1860 Sutherland in North Vancouver. Ale peer. FREE FRAMES THOUSANDS TO CHOOSE FROM WE DO NO NOT HAVE (NFLATED LENS PrICES! POWER (623 ere) OPINION South Africa debates policy racial future “SINGLE sions BIFOCAL LENSES HE SOUTH AFRICAN RACIAL POLICIES are deplored by many South African whites. Newspapers on. their editorial pages urge almost daily that policies be changed. Long stories appear regularly about the horrors of forced resettlements in the homelands, long and arduous commuting, and poor housing for non-whites. At the University of Cape Town, the student newspaper carries the same emotional stories about the injustices of capitalist societies that are found in Canadian student newspapers. The difference is that socialism is promised to be the only solution for racial injyustice as well The economics departinent at the University of Cape Town ts about to host an internauonal conference on poverty Its main focus will be on the income inequalities between the races” It receive much pubheity Stellenbosch University ts a traditional centre of Afmkaaner conservatism It counts as its graduates the last three prime ministers of South Afra A few weeks ago the student society of Stellenbosch University broke all precedents by pong publady on record as against apartheid will being BLACK STUDENIS But there is more than just talk At several universities in “open recent vears the number of black students has been inercasing steadity at between FO and 20 per cen per year At the tradmtronatly white Rhodes University this year black cnreolment rose 00 percent while that of whites actually fedl At the lo omnivenss tyooof Cape Town black students now represent VS poet centoof the total Almost all people lo have tect wekoome the recent pian Hing of a voting franmetise te -ohoureds and Tndaans They interpret the mave not as oa cymeal plot ora strengthen hoo black supremacy but asia hove ROM UES towiards thre ultimate goal of full cyualty of all races By HERBET G. GRUBEL ] have also met sceptical critics of this pohcy. They are, for the most part, members of leftist’) parties who have about 30 members in parliament and who are the self-appointed messiahs of a just South Afnca with one vote for every person ltrs difficult to learn about the left’s plans for achieving this desirable objective When and if they achieve power, they apparently in tend to have a conference to talk about such policies. FREEDOM Most South Africans 1 have met are sceptical of the usefulness of this model. Blacks apparently don’t want to live in separate jurisdic- tions. They want the freedom to hve where they choose. 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