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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988
SEM CALLS FOR UNITED APPROACH ON EDUCATION
RON BRIDGE, DECISIONS HAD BEEN
REPORT NO. 3.
THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) HE HOPED THAT WHEN FINAL MADE ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION'S THOSE CONCERNED WOULD PUT ASIDE THEIR OWN SECTORAL INTERESTS AND TOWARDS A SOLUTION WHICH WOULD BENEFIT ALL STUDENTS IN HONG KONG.
RAISED
WORK
OF THE LEGISLATIVE BRIDGE STRESSED THAT
BY MEMBERS TO POINTS IN REPLY COUNCIL IN THE MOTION DEBATE ON THE REPORT, MR THE GOVERNMENT HAD NOT YET TAKEN A VIEW ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
"ALL COMMENTS, WHETHER SUPPORTIVE OR CRITICAL, TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT,' HE TOLD THE COUNCIL.
"
TERTIARY ON THE STRUCTURE OF BELIEVED STRONGLY IN ACADEMIC FREEDOM.
THIS
RIGHT
WILL BE FULLY
EDUCATION, MH
BRIDGE
SAID
JE
OFFER WHATEVER
CURRICULA
MEANT THE
TO
BY INTERFERENCE WITHOUT INSTITUTION MIGHT CONSIDER APPROPRIATE GOVERNMENT IN THE CONTENT OF COURSES OR THE METHOD OF TEACHING.
AN
THE
HOWEVER, MR BRIDGE SAID THIS FREEDOM
DID HAVE
TWO IMPORTANT
LIMITATIONS.
**THE
FIRST 15
THE THAT
FREEDOM
OF
SHOULD NOT BE EXERCISED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE SAID.
INSTITUTIONS TERTIARY
TH HE SECTOR, SECONDARY
IN LENGTH: BUT THEY "COURSES AT TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS MAY VARY
SCHOOL SECONDARY STANDARD OF THE AT THE END BEGIN ALL
SHOULD EDUCATION PERIOD.
THE RIGHT
ΤΟ
DISPOSE
OF
INCLUDE "SECOND, FREEDOM DOES NOT PUBLIC FUNDS WITHOUT ANY FORM OF SUPERVISION.
MADE HAD ATTRACTED THE CONSULTATION AND IN THE
THREE OF THE 12 RECOMMENDATIONS MR BRIDGE NOTED THAT BY THE COMMISSION WERE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT AND MOST ATTENTION DURING THE PERIOD OF PUBLIC DEBATE.
BE A
THE FIRST OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WAS THAT THERE SHOULD UNIFIED POINT OF ENTRY TO ALL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS AFTER SECONDARY 7.
ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC YET FINISHED THE "ALTHOUGH WE HAVE NOT
HAS IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION COMMENT ON THE REPORT,
MR BRIDGE SAID. ATTRACTED CONSIDERABLE SUPPORT,
BRING HONG KONG INTO HE NOTED THAT IF IMPLEMENTED, IT WOULD
COUNTRIES WHERE PUBLICLY FUNDED TERTIARY LINE WITH MOST DEVELOPED
OF THE INSTITUTIONS HAD TO ACCEPT THEIR STUDENTS FROM THE FINAL YEAR STANDARD LENGTH OF SECONDARY EDUCATION.
/IN HONG KONG,