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tertiary representation).
Because of general
reservations about the feasibility of the
proposed method of broadening the curriculum
the Subject Committees would investigate its
applicability to each subject and if necessary
suggest alternative methods of achieving greater
awareness among students of the wider implications
of their studies.
(b) Introduction of 'Language and Communication'
While
there was general agreement on the need to improve
communication skills in both languages at this level
there was some doubt as to whether the new subject
as conceived in the Report would achieve the improvement.
The Education Department supports the concept but recommends
that a special committee should be set up under the CDC
to design an appropriate syllabus.
(c) A credit unit system This gained little support, the
main criticisms being that the division of subjects into
smaller units would destroy the study-habits considered
most valuable at this level, that the units could not be
examined satisfactorily and that the system would be too
complicated to operate. The Education Department agrees,
and whilst not discouraging experimentation, believes it
would be unwise to introduce a widespread credit-unit
system in the foreseeable future,
(d) Teacher assessments There was strong opposition on the grounds
of subjectivity of assessment and consequent injustice. The
Education Department endorses the view and recommends that
no further consideration (apart from the possibility of