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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1986
ON THE CONTROVERSIAL QUESTION OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE SIXTH-FORM COURSE RAISED IN THE COMMISSION'S NO. 2 REPORT PUBLISHED RECENTLY, SIR DAVID SAID FAR-REACHING RECOMMENDATIONS HAD GIVEN RISE TO FURTHER DEBATE AND IT WILL BE THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR BEFORE A DECISION IS TAKEN IN THE LIGHT OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION NOW UNDER WAY+.
HE NOTED THAT THE COMMISSION IN ITS NO. 2 REPORT POINTED IN PARTICULAR TO THE NEED FOR A SYSTEM OF OPEN EDUCATION AT THE POST-SECONDARY LEVEL.
+TO MEET THIS OBJECTIVE, THE COMMISSION HAS PROPOSED PROGRAMME WHICH WOULD ENCOMPASS THE FULL RANGE OF POST-SECONDARY STUDIES, IDEALLY WITH MINIMAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS, LEADING TO A RANGE OF EXIT QUALIFICATIONS, FROM CERTIFICATES TO SECOND DEGREES.
+THE REACTION TO THIS PROPOSAL SO FAR, FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM EDUCATIONALISTS, HAS BEEN GENERALLY GOOD.+
AS WITH ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE COMMISSION'S REPORT, NO DECISIONS WOULD BE TAKEN UNTIL THE RESULTS OF THE PUBLIC CONSULTATION WERE AVAILABLE, HE SAID.
+THIS IS AN EXCITING CONCEPT AND ONE WHICH WOULD PROVIDE A NEW DIMENSION OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, HE ADDED.
SIGNIFICANT YEAR FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT
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SIR DAVID
THE YEAR 1986 HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG, WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF DEGREE COURSES AT THE CITY POLYTECHNIC AND BAPTIST COLLEGE, THE SETTING UP OF A PLANNING COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH THE THIRD UNIVERSITY AND OF ANOTHER PLANNING COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT HOW BEST HONG KONG CAN ARRANGE ITS OWN VALIDATION SYSTEM.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE DEPUTY TO THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID AKERS- JONES, AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC TODAY (THURSDAY).
THESE DEVELOPMENTS, HE SAID, LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THE FURTHER EXPANSION OF HIGHER EDUCATION OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
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