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changed. The admission of students without Advanced Level
would affect the recognition of exit
qualifications
qualifications by professional bodies, particularly those
in the UK. Abolition of Advanced Level would also make it
difficult for Hong Kong's students to study in
universities abroad which have three-year degree
programmes.
8.
SO
The second likely consequence of a move to a
four-year system is a restructuring of the secondary
school system. To retain the present sixth form structure
unchanged would probably be prohibitively expensive,
that it seems likely one of the other options, "5+1".
"4+2" or "3+3" would be adopted. The "33" option seems
recently to have attracted the most attention, but it has
a number of disadvantages,
by the
some of which were
identified
Education Commission in its recently published
second report. They include
-
(a) the abolition of a system which
provides an opportunity for students
to mature and to develop intellectual
and political skills;
(b)
the deferral of the present
examination for one year, with
HK CEE
the
implication that students are held