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SUBSIDISED FORM IV PLACES INCREASED
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TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1981
THE PROVISION RATE OF SUBSIDISED FORM IV PLACES HAS INCREASED FROM 20 PER CENT IN 1971 TO SOME 60 PER CENT IN 1981, AND WILL FURTHER INCREASE TO 75 PER CENT BY THE MID-1980'S, MR Y.T. LI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PLANNING AND BUILDING) SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE COMBINED GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE SAM YUK SCHOOLS, HE SAID THIS WAS A TRACK RECORD NOT MANY OF OUR NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES HAVE MATCHED. SEEN IN THIS HISTORICAL CONTEXT, MR LI SAID, HE COULD NOT SEE HOW THE JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT (JSEA) SYSTEM COULD BE REFERRED TO AS A +FORM || ELIMINATION EXAMINATION+ BY SOME CRITICS.
RECALLING THE DRAFTING OF THE 1978 EDUCATION WHITE PAPER, MR LI SAID THAT A DECISION WAS THEN TAKEN THAT SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION SHOULD NOT BE CONFINED TO ACADEMIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS BUT SHOULD BE DIVERSIFIED TO INCLUDE MORE VOCATIONAL-BIASED COURSES IN OTHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS TECHNICAL
INSTITUTES.
+GIVEN THEREFORE THAT THE SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM IN HONG KONG WOULD BE A DIVERSIFIED ONE, AND THAT WE DO NOT YET HAVE ENOUGH PLACES IN OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO MAKE SELF-SELECTION BY STUDENTS POSSIBLE, SOME PROCEDURES ARE NEEDED FOR SELECTING THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE MOST SUITED FOR THE COURSES RUN BY THE INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED. IT WAS IN THIS CONTEXT THAT THE JSEA SYSTEM WAS INTRODUCED, HE SAID.
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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PLANNED EXPANSION OF POST-FORM ! EDUCATION. PARTICULAR, IT WILL STUDY CAREFULLY THE DEMAND FOR THE VARIOUS TYPES OF POST-FORM 1 EDUCATION TO SEE WHETHER THE MIX OF EDUCATIONAL PLACES PROPOSED IN THE 1978 WHITE PAPER NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED.
RESULTS OF THE FIRST JSEA WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON JULY 28 AND FORM III STUDENTS WILL SOON KNOW WHETHER THEY WILL BE ALLOCATED SUBSIDISED FORM IV PLACES.
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT ALLOCATED SUCH PLACES. THESE WILL INCLUDE THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, THE POLICE CADET SCHOOL, GOVERNMENT EVENING SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS WELL AS PRIVATE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS WHICH ALSO OFFER POST-FORM 111 PLACES.
+THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ALSO LOOKS TO SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND CAREER, COUNSELLING AND FORM TEACHERS FOR PROVIDING ALL STUDENTS WITH THE NECESSARY ADVICE ABOUT FURTHER STUDIES AND EMPLOYMENT, LI SAID.
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