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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1987
MR LI CRITICISED THE COMMISSION FOR MAKING SWEEPING DECISIONS THAT WOULD AFFECT HONG KONG'S YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
HE THEREFORE HOPED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD ENHANCE THE COMMISSION THROUGH A CRITICAL RE-EVALUATION OF THE STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS OF ITS PRESENT MEMBERSHIP, SO THAT THE VIEWS OF ALL SECTORS OF THE EDUCATIONAL FIELD WERE ADEQUATELY REPRESENTED AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AVOIDED.
+WITHOUT IMPROVEMENT TO THE CORE OF DECISION-MAKERS, ANY FURTHER REPORTS PRODUCED BY THE COMMISSION WOULD STILL BE PUTTING NEW WINE IN OLD BOTTLES,+ HE SAID.
WITH REGARD TO THE TECHNICAL ASPECT OF THE COMMISSION REPORT MR LI SAID HE WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THE COMMISSION SHOULD NOT ONLY PRESENT THE CONSENSUS VIEWS, BUT SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE DISAGREEMENTS.
+AS AN ALTERNATIVE, I BELIEVE A TABULATION OF THE MAJORITY'S OPINIONS VERSUS THE MINORITY'S OPINIONS WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL, AS THIS WOULD PROVIDE FRUITFUL INFORMATION FOR POLICY CONSIDERATION,+ HE SAID.
THE COMMISSION SHOULD CONSIDER HOW TO REFINE ITS PRESENTATION METHODS, MR LI ADDED.
TURNING TO THE PRESENT SIXTH-FORM CURRICULUM HE SAID IT WAS BASICALLY DESIGNED TO EQUIP STUDENTS FOR UNIVERSITY STUDIES. HOWEVER, THE IRONY WAS THAT ONLY A FEW EVENTUALLY ENTERED THE UNIVERSITIES.
HE SUGGESTED THEREFORE THAT AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, WHICH PROVIDED OVERALL TRAINING FOR ALL STUDENTS, SHOULD BE ADOPTED.
HE ADDED THAT THE MOST SERIOUS DEFECT OF THE COMMISSION REPORT WAS ITS FAILURE TO PROPOSE STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THAT COULD REVERSE THE PRESENT DEPLORABLE SITUATION.
HE ALSO CONSIDERED THE PROPOSAL TO SET UP THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL EXAMINATION IMPRACTICAL AND POTENTIALLY DISASTROUS.
MR LI SAID THERE WAS WIDESPREAD SCEPTICISM WITHIN THE TEACHING PROFESSION AS TO THE EDUCATIONAL VIABILITY OF THE I-LEVEL EXAMINATION IN THE CONTEXT OF A CONTINUING SYSTEM OF CLASSES LEADING TO THE A-LEVEL EXAMINATION.
FURTHERMORE, THE I-LEVEL EXAMINATION WOULD INCREASE EXAMINATION PRESSURE ON STUDENTS, HE ADDED.
+ IS THE GOVERNMENT PREPARED TO COMPEL ALL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS TO ACCEPT THE I-LEVEL EXAMINATION AS THE QUALIFYING EXAMINATION FOR ENTRY?+ MR LI ASKED.
+IF NOT, THEN THE PROPOSAL MUST BE DISMISSED OUT OF HAND, + HE SAID.
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