い
and 5 of secondary
schools should be met by 1991. A Chinese
Textbooks Committee was established whose task will be to
ensure
that an adequate supply of good quality textbooks will be available to schools wishing to adopt Chinese as the medium of instruction.
59.
and
The report contains
The Education Commission, set up in April 1984 to co-ordinate
give consolidated advice on educational policy in Hong Kong,
released its second report in September.
far-reaching recommendations for sixth form education, pre-school education, teacher preparation, open education and the financing of
the education
comment has been
on invited
its
proposals and considerable debate has been generated. The Hong Kong Government expects to make decisions on the implementation of the report's recommendations in early 1987, following completion of the
period of public consultation.
system.
Public
60.
In 1986 the Hong Kong Government announced its
announced its intention to
third university a
in the territory.
committee to
establish
membership.
new
oversee the planning of the new institution has now been established
with distinguished Local and overseas
The
university will be a grouping of professional schools emphasising science, technology, management and business studies.It i's expected that it will admit its first students in the early 1990s, by which time the number of first-year, first degree places available to Hong Kong students will have risen to 8,300 compared with the present figure of 4,200.
61.
Hong Kong now has five degree awarding institutions: the Hong Kong and Chinese universities, the two polytechnics and the Baptist College. In 1986 there were 16,000 students
16,000 students on degree courses and
additional
introduced this
programmes
will be
year.
At
present,
proposals for new degree courses at Hong Kong Polytechnic, City Polytechnic and Baptist College are assessed by the United Kingdom
Council for National Academic Awards.
I
A Planning Committee on
Academic Awards has been appointed to
to make recommendations on the
establishment of a system
for validation of courses within Hong
Kong.