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;peciai correspondent common education policy for road On is closer than many people realize, ay involve joint syllabuses at graclulevel for at least part of the examineThe transport manager's licence reLents have prompted moves in this )n, and I understand that all the ional bodies with road transport :rship have had at least one informal ion on the subject.
becoming clear to the professional es that, because the basic legal reents for TML holders will automatirovide a common syllabus which all rig applicants will eventually have to every examining and teaching body ve to include these if it wishes to students. Certainly, the existing maand supervisors will expect to get a automatically, but if these number. 0,000 people, there will be a wastage rear that must be made up by new
comers—who will need to take the exami nation. These newcomers might total 15,000 to 25,000 annually—which would, inciden tally, throw some strain on the institutes' existing facilities.
It is likely that the IRTE would be placed in a somewhat awkward situation, since its interests are largely engineering, but to maintain its position it would have to adopt at least the basic legal material in any syllabus—perhaps with the help of the other institutes on a quid pro quo basis.
Little formal progress can be expected on joint education until the Minister has studied the proposals of the TML committee and decided what form his regulations shall take. He may or may not decide to make widespread exemptions from the TML scheme—and it cannot yet be known whether he approves the TML committee's submission that there should be only minimum statutory requirements, with voluntary qualification for higher grades. I understand that even within the Ministry there is no firm opinion on this yet.
But whatever is finally decided. the TML can be thanked for providing the means by which the professional bodies can draw closer together on at least one important topic—education, and may in the not-toodistant future work as one in this important field.