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certificate is similar to the English School Certificate. The re-organ- ization of this examination based on a five year course, instead of the present six year course, has been approved. Syllabuses of the major subjects have been revised accordingly.
Matriculation. The University of Hong Kong conducts this examination at Ordinary and Advanced levels. The standards are those of the General Certificate of Education. Passes at Advanced and Ordinary levels are necessary to secure admission to the University and this certificate may also be used as an entrance qualification to teacher training colleges. Candidates are entered for the examination at Ordinary level after a one year course in the VI Form of an Anglo-Chinese Grammar School, and for the Advanced level after a two year course. Admission to the VI Form depends on the pupil's performance in the Hong Kong School Certificate Examination. Private candidates are also per- mitted to sit.
Overseas Examinations. The Overseas General Certificate of Education is open to school children and private candidates; a total of over 3,100 entered during the year. Only those who do well in the Hong Kong School Certificate are allowed to sit. The Education Department provides a local secretary for examining bodies in the United Kingdom and so makes many other overseas examinations available to students in Hong Kong. The standard required in these examinations is comparable with that of the examinations held in Britain. Appendix VI shows the more important examinations and the number of candidates entering for them.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES
In addition to the 385 Government awards listed in Appendix VI, 11 scholarships for post-graduate studies and five bursaries for one year teacher training courses, tenable at British educational institutions, were awarded by the British Government to candidates from Hong Kong. These were made under the Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowships Plan formulated at the Education Conference held at Oxford in 1959. One Canadian Scholarship for post-graduate studies was awarded by the Canadian Government. Hong Kong is contributing towards this Plan by awarding to students from other parts of the Commonwealth two scholarships