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Sunday, July 1, 1973
EVENING COURSES FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN
The courses offered by the Evening Institute, The Evening School
of Higher Chinese Studies and the Adult Education & Recreation Centres
are very popular and both adults and children take the courses to enrich
themselves, a spokesman for the Education Department said today.
At the Evening Institute, there are 1,500 students in 41 classes
taking the Middle School Course for Adults leading to the Hong Kong
Certificate of Education Examination. These men and women, aged 18 or
over, attend classes four evenings a week for five years after which they
take the examination to finish their secondary schooling.
Another course, with both Chinese and Anglo-Chinese sections for
boys and girls of normal school age, is the six-year secondary school course.
There are about 700 students in these classes, who also take part
in extra curricular activities. These pupils attend classes for five
evenings a week and study a full curriculum.
At the end of the course they take the Certificate of Education
Examination.
Nearly 5,000 pupils of normal school age attend the Post-Primary
Extension Course. They are taught in a practical way. These children go
to classes three evenings a week for three years at the end of which they
sit for a final examination.
The enrolment