(k)
(1)
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School assessments of the first year's work
should be provided, and there should be a
formal examination in Language and Communication
conducted by the Hong Kong Examinations Authority.
Changes in the curriculum and their method of
introduction should take into account the need
to satisfy the essential requirements of tertiary
institutions in Hong Kong and to a lesser extent
overseas, the need to train teachers before
implementation, the resources of the Examinations
Authority to assess the curriculum, and the need
to provide the necessary resources for schools
to implement the curriculum and any internal
assessments of students' work.
(m) The Sixth Form curriculum and teaching syllabus
should be the responsibility of the Curriculum
Development Committee, the subject committees of
which will need substantial representation from
tertiary institutions.
There should continue
to be a dual system of syllabuses, i.e. teaching
and examination syllabuses, to cover the curriculum and therefore examination subject committees will
still be required.
(n) The role of the Examinations Authority will
include preparing examination syllabuses based
on the teaching syllabuses, and to facilitate this the Examination Subject Committees should
have substantial common membership with the