WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1981
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ADULT EDUCATION COURSES WELL RECEIVED
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SOME 370 000 PEOPLE ARE ENGAGED IN PART-TIME AND ADULT
EDUCATION ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY GOVERNMENT, VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, THE HON COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SAID TODAY IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
+THIS FIGURE DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE 105 000 LISTENERS CLAIMED BY RADIO TELEVISION HONG KONG FOR ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMMES RUN JOINTLY BY RTHK, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG, CARITAS AND THE HONG KONG MEDICAL SOCIETY, HE ADDED.
MR HAYE WAS REPLYING TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON WONG LAM CONCERNING THE PRESENT POSITION OF HONG KONG'S ADULT EDUCATION.
GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTES TO ADULT EDUCATION THROUGH COURSES RUN BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OR BY PUBLICITY-FINANCED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
THE TOTAL ENROLMENT IN THESE COURSES IN 1980 AMOUNTED TO SOME 117 000, THE DIRECTOR SAID.
IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, COMMERCIAL ORGANISATIONS, PRIVATE EVENING SCHOOLS, THE BRITISH COUNCIL AND VARIOUS CONSULATES HAVE ENROLLED OVER 221 000 IN A VARIETY OF COURSES.
APART FROM THOSE TAKING EVENING COURSES, SOME 28 000 STUDENTS ENTERED PART-TIME DAY COURSES IN THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, AND ADULT EDUCATION COURSES RUN BY VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND PRIVATE ORGANISATIONS.
BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WHITE PAPER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, A SUBVENTION SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED TO ASSIST VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS TO COMPLEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADULT EDUCATION COURSES.
*THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED 28 APPLICATIONS FROM 17 VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS OF THESE, 18 APPLICATIONS FROM 12 ORGANISATIONS WERE RECOMMENDED FOR SUBVENTION AND THE SCHEME CAME INTO OPERATION IN SEPTEMBER, 1980, + MR HAYE SAID.
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