FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1980
REFERRING TO THE WHITE PAPER ON SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION OF 1978, MR HAYE SAID THAT IT WAS STILL THE CONVICTION OF THE GOVERNMENT THAT NOT ALL CHILDREN WERE ACADEMICALLY ABLE TO PROCEED TO FORM V.
THOSE WITH A MORE PRACTICAL TURN OF MIND WOULD BE STEERED TOWARDS VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES THROUGH THE JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES.
+BUT WOULDN'T IT BE MARVELLOUS IF WE MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR CHILDREN TO MAKE THE IR OWN CHOICE IN FORMS | – ||| THUS ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR A SELECTION AND ALLOCATION PROCESS AT FORM IV?+ MR HAYE ASKED.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS TO REVIEW COMMITTEE
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THE COMMITTEE SET UP TO REVIEW POST-SECONDARY AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HAVE ASKED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANISATIONS TO SEND IN THE IR SUBMISSIONS BY FEBRUARY 4, 1981.
THIS WAS DECIDED BY THE REVIEW COMMITTEE AT ITS FIRST MEETING YESTERDAY, IN ORDER THAT THE COMMITTEE MAY COMPLETE
ITS REPORT BY JUNE.
SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMMITTEE SECRETARY, GPO BOX 7070, HONG KONG.
THE COMMITTEE'S TERMS OF REFERENCE REQUIRE IT TO LOOK AT THE FULL RANGE OF PROVISION FOR VOCATIONAL AND GENERAL EDUCATION IN THE UNIVERSITIES, POLYTECHNIC, POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
THE COMMITTEE WILL BE TAKING A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN THE TOTAL PROVISION OF PLACES, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXISTING INSTITUTIONS, THE POSSIBLE CREATION OF NEW INSTITUTIONS, AND THE USE IN EDUCATION OF DISTANCE LEARNING TECHNIQUES.
A FULL COPY OF THE TERMS OF REFERENCE IS OBTAINABLE FROM THE COMMITTEE SECRETARY.
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