schools. In the revised Code of Aid that is currently in preparation, the necessary controls over these aspects of aided schools' organisation will be more clearly defined.
Technical institutes
4.14 Capacity for 12,700 places on first-year courses at the post-Form III level will be provided in technical institutes by 1981. The Government will proceed also with the sixth technical institute at Tuen Mun, which is expected to be required by 1984 to meet the needs of the growing population and industry in this area. Upon completion of this new institute, there will be total capacity on craft-level courses for about 15,000 Form III leavers. Various modes of attendance will be available to meet the different needs of students.
Adult education centres
4.15
Those who choose to take senior secondary courses by evening study at adult education centres will be enabled to do so. The capacity of these centres will be expanded or contracted in accordance with demand.
Selection and allocation
4.16 The Director of Education has already announced the introduction by 1981 of a centralised system of selection and allocation for Form III leavers who wish to continue their education in schools or technical institutes in the public sector. These arrangements have been designed to minimise transfers between schools and to rely on internal assessments rather than on a public examination. A review will be conducted by 1983 to assess the effectiveness of these arrangements.
Post-Form III education for disabled students
4.17 Specific measures will be taken, upon the advice of the Rehabilitation Development Co-ordinating Committee, to enable suitable disabled students to continue their education at the post-Form III level and beyond. Some will be integrated into technical institutes or ordinary senior secondary classes. The Tuen Mun Technical Institute, like that at Kowloon Tong, will provide special facilities for them. Other disabled students will require a modified curriculum in a special school or vocational training centre.
Fees
4.18 As has already been noted, it is not the Government's intention to extend free and compulsory education beyond the junior secondary stage. The Government believes that those who choose to take their education to higher levels, with the prospect of better opportunities for development and advancement, should meet a reasonable share of the cost. The fee remission scheme will ensure that no student is prevented from continuing his education in the public sector on account of an inability to pay fees.
4.19 The Government considers that the standard fee in senior secondary forms should be adjusted to a more realistic level, thereby reducing the greatly increased burden on public funds which the expansion programme will bring. The last increase in secondary school fees was in 1965, following proposals in the White Paper on Education Policy. Since then, the average annual cost of a place in Forms IV-V in an aided school has risen from under $800 to about $3100. Moreover, the present shortage of senior secondary places in the public sector has meant that many students wanting a senior secondary education have had to attend private schools where fees may be high and where no fee assistance is available from the Government. The secondary
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