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Higher Level examination an Arts stream and a Science stream are
provided. All students take Chinese language and literature and
English language, which are compulsory, and generally speaking four
other subjects. In the Science stream faculty requirements demand
three of the four subjects physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics,
so little choice is available. Students in this stream have a chance
of gaining admission to all faculties excent the Arts Faculty. In
the Arts stream a slightly greater variety of combinations is possible,
with most students doing at least one mathematics subject in order to
qualify for admission to the faculties of Business Administration and
Social Science as well as Arts." (Report, naras. 1.12 1.17)
35.
The Sixth Form Report was referred to all the tertiary
institutions and main educational organisations for their initial reactions.
Their comments were then studied within the Education Department and
subsequently submitted to the Board of Education in January 1981 together
with the Director of Education's observations and recommended course of
Briefly summarised, reaction to the Report was as follows:
action.
(a) Broadening of the curriculum The proposals were
clearly supported by the majority but with some
reservations on implementation. The Education
Department shares the majority view that there
is a need to reduce the content of many of the
existing syllabuses and believes this can be
achieved without any reduction in the quality of
university entrants or loss of overseas recognition;
however, the new approach would necessitate the re-
training of sixth-form teachers and the provision of
supplementary teaching materials - a task to be addressed
by new Form Six Subject Committees of the Curriculum
Development Committee (on which there would be strong