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MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1976
INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS
THESE SHOULD BE USED AS A BASIS FOR DECIDING PRIORITY OF ALLOCATION: THE RESULTS OF THE PRIMARY 5 FINAL EXAMINATION AND THE PRIMARY 6 MID-YEAR AND FINAL EXAMINATIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN DETERMINING THE ORDER OF MERIT WITHIN EACH PRIMARY SCHOOL. ALL SUBJECTS TAUGHT IN THOSE TWO YEARS, EXCEPT PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SHOULD BE COUNTED AND THE WEIGHTING TO DE GIVEN TO INDIVIDUAL SUBJECTS SHOULD REFLECT THE TIME SPENT TEACHING THEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS CF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
ALLOCATION
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EACH INTERNAL ORDER OF MERIT WOULD DE DIVIDED INTO FIVE EQUAL BANDS, AND ALL THE PUPILS IN EACH BAND WOULD THEN BE GROUPED TOGETHER AND CONSIDERED FOR ALLOCATION. CHILDREN IN BAND 1 WOULD BE ALLOCATED BEFORE THOSE IN BAND 2, BAND 2 BEFORE BAND 3, AND SO ON. ALLOCATION WOULD BE BASED ON PARENTAL CHOICE, AND IF THERE WERE MORE CHILDREN CHOOSING A PARTICULAR SECONDARY SCHOOL THAN THERE WERE PLACES AVAILABLE. A STATISTICALLY FAIR RANDOM SELECTION WOULD BE MADE OF THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN TO FILL THE VACANCIES IN THAT SCHOOL.
MIXED-ABILITY INTAKE
ADOPTING A 5-BAND SYSTEM AND TREATING ALL CHILDREN IN THE SAME BAND AS BEING EQUAL IN ATTAINMENT AND ABILITY WHETHER THEY CAME FROM THE SAME PRIMARY SCHOOL OR NOT, WOULD RESULT IN A SUBSTANTIAL ELEMENT OF ABILITY MIX IN SECONDARY SCHOOL INTAKE. THE WORKING PARTY WAS NOT IN FAVOUR OF GREATER DEGREE OF ABILITY MIX IN THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF THE NEW SYSTEM SINCE MOST SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS IN HONG KONG WERE NOT EXPERIENCED IN HANDLING CHILDREN OF A WIDE RANGE OF ABILITY. TREATING ALL PRIMARY SCHOOLS SIMILARLY WOULD LEAD TO A MORE EGALITARIAN PRIMARY SYSTEM SINCE THERE WOULD BE LESS REASON FOR PARENTS TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO THE PRESTIGIOUS PRIMARY SCHOOLS. WOULD REMOVE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF THE PRESSURE AND ANXIETY NOW FELT BY PARENTS AND CHILDREN.
DISTRICT COUNCILS
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IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE SYSTEM OF INTERNAL ASSESSMENT WOULD WORK SMOOTHLY AND FAIRLY, SUPERVISORY BODIES KNOWN AS DISTRICT COUNCILS SHOULD BE SET UP. ONE FOR EACH SCHOOL NET. THESE COUNCILS SHOULD BE COMPOSED OF AN EQUAL NUMBER OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL HEADS, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE RELEVANT CITY DISTRICT OFFICE OR NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION DISTRICT OFFICE.
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