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Wednesday, October 31, 1973
BOARD OF EDUCATION'S RECOMMENDATIONS
Provision Of Secondary School Places Over Next 10 Years
The Board of Education strongly recommends that the principal
objective for the proposed expansion of secondary school education in
Hong Kong over the next decade should be the provision of three-year
places for 100 per cent of children in the 12-14 age group and five-year
school places for 40 per cent of those in the 12-16 age group.
In a letter to the Governor on submission of the Board's Report,
the Chairman, Mr. P.C. Woo said: "I believe this objective can be achieved
by the end of 1934."
Mr. Woo added: "We have proposed in our Report that there should
be an interim target, which would involve the provision by the end of 1981
of sufficient three-year places for 80 per cent of the 12-14 age group
and sufficient five-year places for 36 per cent of the 12-16 age group."
The Board believes that both these targets can be achieved so long
as the proposed rate of building of schools can be maintained, and teacher
training facilities in the colleges of education and universities can be
expanded.
The Board's Report, tabled in the Legislative Council this afternoon,
recommends that it is educationally unsound to introduce bi-sessional
operation and rotation into the non-academic sector particularly at a time
when the main thrust of development must be made in that sector."
It points out that the immediate advantages provided in terms of
quantity are outweighed by the disadvantages of bi-aessional operation when
it is viewed in a broader context.
The Report