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after a reappraisal of progress, decided that a further major expansion
of secondary education was necessary. Steps were taken to increase the
provision of subsidised secondary education to a total of 50 per cent of
the Forms I
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III age-group. By 1972, with universal primary education
a reality, the government concluded that the time had come for a full
study of the future development of secondary education to be undertaken.
On 26th January 1973 the Governor appointed a new Board of Education
and asked it to submit a practical policy for the expansion of secondary education. The Board, under the chairmanship of an unofficial (the Hon. Woo
Pak-chuen) for the first time, was given the following specific terms of
reference:
"Having regard to the Government's objective of providing
three years secondary education for all in the 12-14 year
age group and doubling the percentage of places in the
secondary schools for the full five-year course leading
to a Certificate of Education examination, to consider: (1) any changes that should be introduced into the present type of secondary education offered; (ii)
the proportion of academic to vocational secondary
education appropriate in the circumstances of Hong
Kong; any changes in the present examination system that should be introduced; (iv) the time scale in
which it would be practical and desirable to implement
the Government's policy, with particular reference to
the expansion of facilities for the training of teachers,
the secondary school building programme, and the degree
of bi-sessionalism that the Board considers appropriate
in both the short and long term in secondary schools and teacher training colleges; (v) to what extent in the circumstances of Hong Kong secondary education should
be provided free of charge."