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Monday, November 26, 1973
GCE A-LEVEL CLASSICAL CHINESE EXAM TO BE DROPPED
The London University Entrance and School Examinations Council
has informed the Education Department of its decision to discontinue the
overseas G.C.E. Advanced Level Classical Chinese Examination after 1975.
"A major factor contributing to this decision has been the
difficulty of obtaining sufficient suitable markers to cope with the big
entry that this subject has attracted from Hong Kong," a spokesman for
the Education Department said today.
He added that this decision had been taken with reluctance by
the Council which at the request of the Education Department had delayed
taking this step as long as possible.
He recalled that this year's result of the London G.C.E. A-level
Classical Chinese examination were delayed several weeks because of
marking difficulties.
In a letter to principals of secondary schools informing them of
the London University's decision, the Assistant Director of Education
(Examinations) told them that they would be able to enter candidates for
A-level. Classical Chinese for the examinations to be held next June and
in June 1975.
London University has no intention at present to discontinue the
overseas Ordinary Level examination in Chinese,