THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1981
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ADULT EVENING SCHOOL CLASSES DRAW 50 000
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SOME 50 000 PEOPLE IN HONG KONG ARE SUFFICIENTLY INTERESTED TO ATTEND ADULT EVENING CLASSES RUN BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, EITHER ON A FORMAL OR NON-FORMAL BASIS.
FORMAL CLASSES, WHICH PROVIDE TUITION IN ALL SECONDARY
SCHOOL SUBJECTS, EXCEPT FOR CHINESE AND ENGLISH LITERATURE, ATTRACT ABOUT HALF THE TOTAL NUMBER, WHILE THE NON-FORMAL CLASSES CONSISTING OF +INTEREST GROUPS+ DRAW THE OTHERS.
RUN BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADULT EDUCATION CENTRE, THE FORMAL CLASSES OFFER THREE COURSES AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL, WHICH ARE: YOUNG PEOPLE'S COURSE, AT JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL- THE SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSE, FOR CHILDREN OF SUITABLE AGE, AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSE, FOR ADULTS OVER 18.
NON-FORMAL CLASSES ARE HELD FOR GROUPS INTERESTED IN SUCH THINGS AS PHOTOGRAPHY, METALWORK, DRESSMAKING, COOKERY AND FOLK DANCING.
BOTH THE SECONDARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSES LEAD TO THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION POINTED OUT THAT ONE THIRD OF THE CANDIDATES FROM THE EVENING COURSES WHO SAT FOR THE SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION LAST YEAR MANAGED TO OBTAIN FIVE PASSES.
+SOME OF THEM SCORED OUTSTANDING RESULTS, COMPARABLE TO THOSE ATTENDING DAY SCHOOLS, HE SAID.
BECAUSE THE CLASSES LAST FOR ONLY 2-1/2 HOURS EACH NIGHT, THE NORMAL FIVE-YEAR SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSE IS EXTENDED TO SIX YEARS IN THE EVENING CLASSES.
BUT THIS HAS NOT BEEN A DETERRENT TO THE MANY PEOPLE SEEKING A LITTLE MORE LEARNING AND ASPIRING FOR IMPROVED PROSPECTS IN LIFE RESULTING FROM A HIGHER LEVEL OF EDUCATION.
REASONS FOR THE STUDENTS HAVING TO LEAVE THE NORMAL DAYTIME SCHOOL ARE VARIED, BUT MOST OF THE REASONS, AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED ARE BASICALLY ECONOMICAL, WITH THE STUDENT HAVING TO WORK FOR A LIVING FOR HIMSELF OR HERSELF, OR TO HELP AS A FAMILY BREADWINNER.
WHO WORKED IN
ONE OF THE MORE SUCCESSFUL OF THE STUDENTS THE DAY AND STUDIED LONG HOURS IN THE EVENINGS, AND PROGRESSED FROM FORM THREE, THROUGH SECONDARY SCHOOL AND THEN THE FOUR YEARS OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY COURSE -- IS MR WONG HING-NAM.
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