- Encompasses proposals for a system of general secondary education of four years for all adolescents in comprehensive schools.

- Discusses eight objectives of education including: Health, Mental Skills and Knowledge, Capacity for Critical Thought, Readiness for Group Membership, The Arts of Communication, Vocation, Leisure and Spiritual Values.
Recommends a 'common core' of the curriculum: English; Social Studies; Science; Mathematics; Art; Crafts; Physical and Health Education; Religious Education.

-Recommends the abolition of entry examinations for high schools.

- Recommends the establishment of the Secondary Schools Board.

- Recommends the introduction of the Higher School Certificate and the School Certificate.

- Recommends the extension of secondary schooling from five to six years, with external examinations at the end of the fourth year (School Certificate) and the sixth year (Higher School Certificate).