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Measures to nako junior secondary education:
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~(i) Universal
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The coming year will witness a milestone in the..
development of education in Hong Kong. From September 1978 there will be a secondary school placc for every primary school leaver. There will be no more heartache for children losing their chance of secondary education through failure in the Secondary Schools Entrance Examination because there will be places for all. To make this possible 51,480 additional junior secondary places will have been provided since the policy was announced in February 1976 and somo 54 now schools constructed. It is proposed to build a further 48 schools (18 more than I envisaged last year) so as to ensure places of a proper standard for all in these forms, and to improve ragional distribution.
(ii) Compulsory
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The public aid licnourable Members have long looked forward
to this objective on which, much effort and money have been and still must be spent. I feel convinced that it is not the wish of this Council or the public that of the benefit of the places how provided should be lost to any children throw 1. the indifference of parents, or pressure to talks up full-time employment instead. therefore to introduced:
Legislation will
First, to make junior secondary cducation compulsory up to a child's 15th birthday or until the Form III course has been completed, if that is earlier. The powers of the Director of Education under the Education Ordinance to serve a school attendance order will be extended to 12 to 13 year old children with offcct from September 1979 and to 14 year-olds fron
/September 1980...