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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1985
+THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT RECOMMENDED MORE TEACHERS' PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAKING IN THE SCHOOL, IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, THE SETTING UP OF A REGIONAL TEACHERS' CENTRE, ETC.
+1 SUPPORT THESE PROPOSALS, SAID MRS FAN.
TURNING TO OPEN EDUCATION, MRS FAN REITERATED A SUGGESTION SHE MADE ON OCTOBER 27, 1983, IN THE SAME CHAMBER THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO THE POSSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENT SUBSIDISING SUITABLY QUALIFIED STUDENTS ON +APPROVED+ TRAINING COURSES.
+THE SUBSIDY SHOULD GO TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS RATHER THAN TO THE ORGANISATIONS IN THE FORM OF REIMBURSEMENT OF A CERTAIN PORTION OF THE FEES AFTER A STUDENT HAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED AN APPROVED' COURSE.
+THIS METHOD OF SUBSIDY MAY PROVE TO BE LESS COSTLY THAN OTHER ALTERNATIVES IN THE SHORT TERM, AND GOVERNMENT HAS THE FLEXIBILITY OF GEARING ITS SUPPORT TO SPECIFIC AREAS OF NEED FOR ECONOMICAL PURPOSES, SHE SAID.
SPEED UP SCHOOL BUILDING, PAULINE NG SAYS ****
THE BUILDING OF NEW SECONDARY AND PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE LONG-TERM MEASURE TO PHASE OUT THE JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSESSMENT (JSEA), THE HON MRS PAULINE NG SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING ON THE EDUCATION COMMISSION'S REPORT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MRS NG URGED THE GOVERNMENT TO SPEED UP THE BUILDING OF THE 24 SCHOOLS PROPOSED IN THE REPORT, AND TO BRING FORWARD THE DATE OF COMPLETION OF THE 10 SCHOOLS UNDER STAGE V (PHASE 11) OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS BUILDING PROGRAMME TO 1989, TO EASE THE PRESSURE IMPOSED ON THE PUPILS BY THE JSEA.
SHE SAID THE IDEA OF PHASING OUT THE JSEA IN 1991 THROUGH THE BUILDING OF MORE THAN 30 NEW SECONDARY AND PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, THE MODIFICATION OF CLASS PATTERNS OF EXISTING SCHOOLS AND THE PURCHASE OF FORM 4 PLACES IN THE SATISFACTORY PRIVATE SCHOOLS OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS WAS SOUND IN PRINCIPLE, BUT SLIGHTLY SLOW IN PACE.
+ IN VIEW OF THE ADVERSE EFFECTS THAT JSEA WOULD HAVE ON STUDENTS AND THE NEED FOR SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION IN OUR SOCIETY, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE MADE LONG-TERM ARRANGEMENTS YEARS AGO, FOR INSTANCE, ADOPTING CORRESPONDING MEASURES IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAMME.
+ THE GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE TO DO SO INDICATES THAT IT HAS NOT TAKEN PUBLIC OPINION INTO CONSIDERATION PROPERLY ON THE ONE HAND- AND ON THE OTHER HAND IT LACKS LONG-TERM PLANNING FOR SUBSIDISING SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION, MRS NG SAID.
/SHE SAID