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The Board accordingly submitted a Report which was tabled as a
Green Paper in the Legislative Council on 31st October 1973, and
published in order that the general public would have an opportunity
to comment on its recommendations.
13.
The recommendations of the Board were as follows:
(i)
(ii)
Every effort should be made to minimize the deleterious
effects that public examinations have on pupils and
their study programmes in secondary schools.
Chinese should become the usual medium of instruction
in lower forms of secondary schools; every effort
should be made to develop good textbooks for all
subjects written in Chinese, to train teachers
capable of instructing through the medium of
Chinese and to adopt improved techniques of language
teaching for both Chinese and English.
(iii) The early years of secondary education should be
based on a common core of instruction, irrespective
of the type of school.
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
Approximately one-fifth of the 3-year places should
be in prevocational schools, and approximately
one-third of the 5-year places should be in
secondary technical schools.
As an interim measure, sufficient 3-year places for
80% of the 12-14 age-group, and sufficient 5-year places
for 36% of the 12-16 age-group, should be provided by
1981.
The ultimate aim of providing sufficient 3-year school
places, with government assistance for 100% of the 12-14
age-group, and sufficient 5-year school places, leading
to a Certificate of Education, in government and fully-
aided secondary school.for 40% of the 12-16 age-group,
must be retained.
TURKIN