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students entering subsidised Form/Middle IV places
two years previously: on this basis, a subsidised
Lower VI place would be available for 8 per cent
of the relevant population in 1981 and nearly 20 per
cent in 1986; The proportion of students in the
age group proceeding to tertiary education provided
or wholly subvented by the government would thus
nearly double over the next decade.]
(v) the normal minimum standard of entry to Form VI to
be three Grade C passes in the HKCE; consideration
to be given to the development of a common two-year
sixth-form course leading to a common matriculation
examination. This would be subject to public comment
on proposals already issued: the Board of Education
would be consulted before a final decision was made.
(vi) the approved post secondary colleges to remain as
e.]
private institutions; The government would continue
the existing limited scheme of assistance to needy
students of the Baptist College, but government
assistance would not be designed to increase the
total number of students provided for by the colleges
above the existing level.7
(vii) the number of students admitted to colleges of
education and other institutions providing vocational
training for the social services professions to continue
to be geared to the manpower requirements of the profession
concerned; the colleges of education to raise their entrance
standards, the length of the basic pre-service course to be
extended to three years, and a systematic programme to be