WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1987
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SUPPORT FOR TWO-YEAR SIXTH FORM EDUCATION
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NOTING THE DEFECTS OF THE ONE-YEAR SIXTH FORM EDUCATION, THE HON PAULINE NG TODAY (WEDNESDAY) PROPOSED THAT ALL SIXTH FORM EDUCATION IN HONG KONG SHOULD BE OF TWO-YEAR DURATION.
SPEAKING IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL DURING THE SECOND ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 2, MRS NG SAID THAT AT THE END OF THE TWO YEARS ALL STUDENTS SHOULD ONLY TAKE ONE EXAMINATION, WHICH WOULD QUALIFY THEM TO ENTER ANY SORT OF TERTIARY EDUCATION.
+THE PRECISE FORM THAT THIS EXAMINATION SHOULD TAKE OBVIOUSLY REQUIRIES FURTHER CONSIDERATION, BUT THE PRINCIPLE OF INTERCHANGEABILITY SHOULE BE ACCEPTED, SHE SAID.
MRS NG SAID THERE WERE DISADVANTAGES IN HAVING STUDENTS SIT FOR THE HIGHER LEVEL EXAMINATION AT THE END OF THE ONE-YEAR CHINESE UNIVERSITY MATRICULATION COURSE.
TO TAKE THE HIGHER LEVEL EXAMINATION ONLY NINE MONTHS AFTER THE HONG KONG SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION WOULD BE TOO MUCH OF A STRESS ON STUDENTS, SHE ADDED.
THERE WAS ALSO NO TIME WHATSOEVER FOR THEM TO PARTAKE OF THE LESS ACADEMIC ASPECTS OF SIXTH FORM EDUCATION, WHICH SERVED TO PREPARE THEM FOR ADULT LIFE AND WIDEN THEIR EXPERIENCE THROUGH EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
+THIRDLY, TAKING THE HIGH LEVEL EXAMINATION FOR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY IS OF NO ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WISHING TO ENTER THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY, POLYTECHNIC, OR CERTAIN TYPES OF JOB,+ SHE ADDED.
MRS NG
REFERRING TO HONG KONG'S EDUCATION SYSTEM IN GENERAL STRESSED THAT WHAT WAS REQUIRED WAS A CAREFUL STUDY OF AN OVERALL APPROACH TO THE STRUCTURE OF EDUCATION, INSTEAD OF PIECEMEAL CHANGES.
+I SINCERELY HOPE OUR MASTERMINDS WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE A BROADER PERSPECTIVE OF HONG KONG'S EDUCATION SYSTEM AS A WHOLE BEFORE EMBARKING ON YET ANOTHER INGENIOUS PROPOSAL FOR CHANGE,+ SHE SAID.
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