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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1987
SAID.
+THIS PROPOSAL TOO HAS RECEIVED PUBLIC SUPPORT,+ HEN
MR BRIDGE SAID THE SUGGESTION TO INTRODUCE A CENTRALISED ADMISSION SYSTEM FOR ALL UPGC FUNDED INSTITUTIONS HAD ALSO RECEIVED SUPPORT AS THIS WILL RELIEVE STUDENTS OF PRESSURE AND CONFUSION NOW CAUSED BY THE NEED TO DEAL WITH FIVE INDEPENDENT MATRICULATION PROCEDURES.+
AS TO MOVES TOWARDS BILINGUALISM TOGETHER WITH THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF ENGLISH STANDARDS IN CHINESE SCHOOLS, MR BRIDGE POINTED OUT THAT THESE HAVE BEEN +UNDERSTANDABLY WELCOMED.+
HE ALSO SAID THAT THE EXTENSION OF SIXTH FORM EDUCATION TO PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AND OF FORM 7 TO CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAD GENERALLY BEEN SEEN AS A PROGESSIVE MOVE.
ON THE PROPOSAL TO INTRODUCE A NEW INTERMEDIATE LEVEL EXAMINATION, MR BRIDGE SAID THAT SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THIS WOULD INCREASE EXAMINATION PRESSURE ON STUDENTS AT A TIME WHEN THE INTERNATIONAL TREND WAS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
IT HAD ALSO BEEN SUGGESTED THAT THE CURRICULUM WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DEVISE, THE TEACHING TIME DURING THE ONE YEAR PERIOD WOULD BE INADEQUATE, AND THAT THE PROPOSED 1-LEVEL LANGUAGE QUALIFICATIONS WERE NOT NEEDED.
+AGAINST THIS, SOME HAVE SEEN THE I-LEVEL AS A WELCOME MEANS TO BROADEN THE SIXTH FORM CURRICULUM AND TO PROVIDE A MEANINGFUL EXIT QUALIFICATION FOR FORM 6 LEAVERS, HE ADDED.
CONCLUDING, MR BRIDGE SAID THAT ALL PUBLIC COMMNTS ON THE REPORT WOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE MADE TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LATER THIS YEAR.
UNCERTAINTIES ARISE OVER SIXTH FORM EDUCATION *****
THE PROPOSAL BY THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG TO EXTEND ITS THREE-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM TO FOUR YEARS HAS CREATED CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF SIXTH FORM EDUCATION, THE HON S.L. CHEN SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
LEADING THE SECOND ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 2, MR CHEN SAID IT WOULD CONCENTRATE ON THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECT COVERED IN THE REPORT, WHICH WAS THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIXTH FORM EDUCATION.