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Am Mr. Male M. Stuart
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PS/Lord Gorowy-Roberts
SECONDARY EDUCATION IN HONG KONG OVER THE NEXT DECADE
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A White Paper setting out the Hong Kong Government's plans for the development of secondary education in Hong Kong over the next ten years was tabled in the Legislative Council on 16 October 1974 and has now been accepted by the Council.
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In January 1973, the Governor appointed a new Board of Education and requested that they make recommendations for the expansion of secondary education in the Colony. The Board's report was tabled as a Green Paper in the Legislative Council on
31 October 1973 so that members of the public might be able to express their views. The Green Paper did, in fact, arouse considerable public interest and as a result the Board made certain modifications to their earlier recommendations. These were incorporated into the White Paper.
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The Government's main objective is to provide, by 1979, nine years subsidised education (six years primary and three secondary) for every child up to the age of 14. This target will be achieved by a more intensive use of all teaching areas in the secondary schools and by extending the school day, as well as by the school building programme. The Government accept that this is not an ideal solution, but consider it is better than waiting until the building programme alone can provide the necessary places. will also mean, at least temporarily, a greater use of non-graduate teachers in the Junior Secondary forms. The teacher training requirements are set out in Appendix 1 of the White Paper. In the Senior Secondary classes (classes IV and V) the aim is to provide places for 40% of the 15-16 year age group by 1979. Secondary schooling will not be free, but the fee remission system will be
continued.
4.11 As a result of the change over from universal primary to
universal junior secondary education, it has been decided to abandon
/the old
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