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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1980
CNAA ASSESSMENT OF POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES BEGINS IN JANUARY
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THE COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL ACADEMIC AWARDS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WILL BE SENDING VALIDATING ADVISORY TEAMS IN JANUARY TO BEGIN AN INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF COURSES IN BAPTIST COLLEGE AND LINGNAN COLLEGE, THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR JACK CATER SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE THIS AFTERNOON, SIR JACK SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ALREADY APPROVED A COMMITMENT OF NEARLY $1 MILLION TO MEET THE COSTS OF THE TWO-YEAR VALIDATION EXERCISE.
HE SAID MUCH OF THE PREPARATORY WORK HAD ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND THE ADVICE AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TEAMS WOULD BE CAREFULLY STUDIED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
+ IT IS IN FACT THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION THAT INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT SHOULD BECOME A PERMANENT RECURRENT FEATURE SO AS TO ENSURE THAT A MINIMUM LEVEL OF STANDARDS IS ACHIEVED AND MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES IN ALL OF THE APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES, AS BEFITS THEIR NEW ROLE AND STATUS, HE SAID.
SIR JACK SAID IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT'S INTENTION THAT THE POSITION OF THESE COLLEGES SHOULD BE SO DEFINED AS TO GIVE A TRUE REFLECTION OF THEIR NEW ROLE IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, AND IN SERVING THE PUBLIC INTEREST.
+ IT IS PROPOSED THAT AN APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGE SHALL BE AN INSTITUTION OF PUBLIC CHARACTER AND CHARITABLE STATUS IN THE LEGAL SENSE AND, IN CONSEQUENCE OF THIS, ITS LICENSING SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
+ IT IS ALSO PROPOSED TO INCLUDE PROVISION FOR A NUMBER OF THE MEMBERS OF ITS BOARD AND COUNCIL TO BE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE THE INTENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO INVOKE THIS PROVISION UNLESS THE COLLEGE IS IN RECEIPT OF PUBLIC FUNDS BY WAY OF PANTS ALLOCATED FOR THE PROVISION CF SPECIFIC PLACES OR COURSES.
+1 BELIEVE THAT THESE PROPOSALS WILL BE SEEN TO BE REASONABLE,+ SIR JACK SAID,
SPEAKING TO THE GRADUATES AT THE CEREMONY, SIR JACK SAID YOUNG HONG KONG HAD TO BE EQUIPED TO FACE THE CHALLENGE OF CUR RAPID GROWTH +WITH PESOURCEFUL RESILIENCE, INDEPENDENCE OF THOUGHT AND ACTIVE, THINKING MINDS*.
HE SAID HOWEVER THAT THESE ATTRIBUTES WERE IN THEMSELVES ALONE NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM TO CHIEVE JU
CHIEVE BUTRESS AND HAPPINES IN LIFE.
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