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time courses.
33.
The recommendations of the Board of Education's Committee
on Sixth-Form Education, reached after various options had been explored,
are as follows:
(a) The present system of Sixth Form education
should be revised in the interests of greater
simplicity and to reduce the number of nublic
examinations being taken by students.
(b) Greater recognition should be given in Sixth
Form courses to the needs of students to
adapt to life after school and develop a
functional level of competence in communication
skills while retaining a sufficient degree of
specialisation to prepare students adequately
for their intended field of study or occupation.
(c) More attention should be paid to the development
of higher levels of communication skills, both
written and spoken, at the Sixth Form level.
(d) A new subject, language and communication, should
be introduced incorporating studies in both English
and Chinese. The subject should aim at developing
reading and writing skills directly related to the
subjects being studied as well as extending the
students' general communicative ability in both
languages. This should be a compulsory subject
of full Advanced Level status if studied for two
years and of full Higher Level status if studied
for one year.