ABOLITION OF S.S.E.E.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1974
DEALING WITH EXAMINATIONS, THE WHITE PAPER SAID THAT AS SOON AS THE TARGET OF PROVIDING 100 PER CENT SUBSIDIZED PLACES FOR FORMS 1 TO 3 IS APPROACHED, THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION WOULD BE ABOLISHED. IF THIS TARGET WAS REACHED BY 1979 THAT EXAMINATION WOULD BE SET FOR THE LAST TIME IN MAY 1978.
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A NEW PUBLIC EXAMINATION THE HONG KONG JUNIOR CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION WILL BE INTRODUCED AT THE END OF FORM 3 AND IT WILL COME INTO BEING IN 1982. THIS EXAMINATION VILL BOTH PROVIDE EVIDENCE THAT A PUPIL HAS SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED HIS EDUCATION TO FORM 3 STANDARD AND WILL ACT AS A FORM OF SELECTION FOR FURTHER SUBSIDIZED EDUCATION.
+THE EXAMINATION WILL BE BASED ON THE COMMON TEACHING SYLLABUS FOR THE JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSE AND WILL NOT HAVE A SPECIAL SYLLABUS OF ITS OWN,+ THE WHITE PAPER SAID.
WITH THE ABOLITION OF THE S.S.E.E., AN ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM WILL HAVE TO BE DEVISED TO REGULATE THE FLOW OF STUDENTS FROM PRIMARY TO JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, A SECONDARY SCHOOL WILL TAKE PUPILS FROM PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN THE SAME AREA. IT WILL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH SCHOOL TO SELECT ITS PUPILS UNDER THE GENERAL SUPERVISION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. THOSE SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE LINKED PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL BE PERMITTED TO GIVE PREFERENCE TO THE IR OWN PRIMARY PUPILS AS AT PRESENT.
AFTER FORM 3, PUPILS SELECTED BY MEANS OF THE JUNIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION WILL ENTER SENIOR SECONDARY TECHNICAL OR GRAMMAR FORMS. IT IS INTENDED THAT 60 PER CENT OF THE PLACES SHOULD BE IN SENIOR SECONDARY GRAMMAR FORMS AND 40 PER CENT IN SENIOR SECONDARY TECHNICAL FORMS, ALTHOUGH THIS RATIO MAY TAKE SOME TIME TO ACHIEVE IN VIEU OF THE EXISTING PREPONDERANCE OF SECONDARY GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.
+ IT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S AIM THAT THERE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT PLACES IN SENIOR SECONDARY FORMS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR FOR 40 PER CENT OF THE 15-16 AGE GROUP BY 1979,+ THE WHITE PAPER SAID.
SINCE THERE WILL BE NO AUTOMATIC PROMOTION FROM JUNIOR SECONDARY TO SENIOR SECONDARY FORMS, SELECTION AND ALLOCATION PROCEDURES FOR THE SENIOR SECONDARY COURSE WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND WILL BE BASED ON THE RESULTS OF THE NEW PUBLIC EXAMINATION.
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