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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1986
THIS ARRANGEMENT WOULD NOT ONLY ENABLE THE TEACHERS IN FUTURE TO OBTAIN PROFESSIONAL TEACHING TECHNIQUES AND TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF SOCIETY THROUGH EXPOSURE IN A WIDER PERSPECTIVE. IT WOULD ALSO BE A TIMELY CHANGE GIVEN THE SITUATION IN HONG KONG IN THE MID-1980S, HE SAID.
DR TSE SAID HE WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT HONG KONG'S
EDUCATION SYSTEM HAD TAKEN CARE OF NEEDS AT DIFFERENT LEVELS AND IN DIFFERENT AREAS, RANGING FROM KINDERGARTENS TO UNIVERSITIES, AND FROM SPECIAL EDUCATION TO ADULT EDUCATION.
HOWEVER, HE FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY A CLEAR ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE THAT COULD CONVINCE HIM THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S POLICY AND OBJECTIVES HAD BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN A SYSTEMATIC AND EFFICIENT MANNER.
DR TSE SAID HE BELIEVED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD NOT OVERLOOKED THAT ASPECT, AND THAT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS IT HAD MADE CONSIDERABLE EFFORT TO ATTAIN ITS GOAL, SUCH AS THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION.
+ALL THESE ARE GOOD INDICATIONS THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE EVERY EFFORT IN IMPROVING AND CO-ORDINATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION.
+HOWEVER, JUDGING FROM OTHER OBSERVATIONS, SUCH ARRANGEMENTS DO NOT SEEM TO HAVE ACHIEVED THE INTENDED OBJECTIVES. TAKE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AS AN EXAMPLE, WE ARE STILL FACING A RATHER COMPLICATED SITUATION, HE SAID.
DR TSE SAID THAT WITH THE VARYING RESPONSIBLE PARTIES, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS, STATUTORY BODIES AND NON-STATUTORY BODIES, A LACK OF CO-ORDINATION COULD BE FOUND IN THE ALLOCATION OF MANPOWER, STANDARD OF SUPPLIES, FORMULATION OF CURRICULA AND THE DOVETAILING OF DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT STAGES OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING.
HOWEVER, HE WAS PLEASED THAT SINCE 1981 THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC HAD GRADUALLY TRANSFERRED THE MAJORITY OF ITS DIPLOMA AND CERTIFICATE COURSES IN THIS FIELD TO THE
TECHNICAL INSTITUTES THROUGH A LIAISON COMMITTEE JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND THE POLYTECHNIC.
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