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General.
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HONG KONG.
LONG TERM POLICY DIRECTIVES.
EDUCATIONAL POLICY.
جها جوهر
NO. 1
2/3.
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Should
1.
As in the past, the educational policy of Hong Kong
and, for those who can
will be directed towards providing for the majority a liberal
education in the pupils' vernacular, with sufficient English
to serve as a medium of intercourse;
profit by it, an education in English to a sufficient standard
to satisfy cultural needs and the commercial requirements
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of a large entrepôt.
Schools.
2.
So far as may be practicable the previous system of
(a) provided; (b) aided; and (c) subsidised schools,
together with the compulsory registration of all schools of
should more than ten pupils, will be re-introduced.
3. The principal modification of the system previously
should in operation will be the greater participation by Government
in the provision of vernacular education both by direct
provision of more Government schools and increased financial
support for the subsidised schools.
5.
4. In the physical replanning of Hong Kong the fullest
possible provision should be made for school playgrounds.
reacher Training. The training of teachers for
vernacular and English schools should continue to be a
primary concern of Government and the re-establishment of
the Northcote Training College and increased provision of rural
training centres should be undertaken at an early date.
The Hong Kong University will continue to provide a limited
number of graduates who will become teachers, but these
should take a post-graduate course in teaching at the Northcote
Training College.
6.
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