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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988
ENTRY POINT HAS CAUSED "IN HONG KONG, THE LACK OF A UNIFIED
AND 11AS INCREASED THE FORM CURRICULUM THE SIXTH DISRUPTION TO
HE PRESSURE ON STUDENTS WHO ARE COMPETING TO OBTAIN TERTIARY PLACES," SAID.
HE AGREED WITH THE VIEW THAT IT WAS VITAL TO ACT QUICKLY TO END THIS SITUATION.
FOR THE GOVERNMENT
THE SECOND KEY RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO THE THREE-YEAR OR ALL FOUR-YEAR FIRST DEGREE COURSES.
THE
QUESTION OF ALL
WHILE BELIEVING THAT ARBITRARILY FIXED BY THE ADMINISTRATION, THE COMMISSION BELIEVED
ΤΟ HAVE THE FREEDOM THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS SHOULD
GRANTS
LENGTH OF
COURSES
UNIVERSITY
AND
CONTINUE POLYTECHNIC
OF
WHATEVER
LENGTH
EDUCATIONAL GROUNDS, TO BE APPROPRIATE.
THE
APPROACH PROPOSALS FOR COURSES
THEY
SHOULD NOT BE THAT
то WITH ON
COMMITTEE CONSIDERED,
EXPRESSION OF "ON ACADEMIC AND GENERAL
MR BRIDGE PUT EMPHASIS ON THE COMMISSION'S EDUCATIONAL GROUNDS", WHICH COVERED BOTH EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.
NOT POSE
**I MUST EMPHASISE THAT THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS DO ANY THREAT TO ANY PARTICULAR FOUR-YEAR DEGREE COURSE, UNLESS IT CAN BE SHOWN THAT FOUR YEARS IS NOT EDUCATIONALLY NECESSARY," HE SAID.
OF FIRST DEGREE
THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THE LENGTH COURSES AT ALL INSTITUTIONS SHOULD IN PRINCIPLE BE THE GIVEN SUBJECT.
SAME FOR ANY
COMMISSION INTENDED THAT THE TAKING ΙΝΤΟ ACCOUNT AT DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS,
MR BRIDGE POINTED OUT THAT THE RECOMMENDATION SHOULD BE INTERPRETED CAREFULLY, THE COURSE CONTENT OF PROGRAMMES OFFERED AS WELL AS THE EXISTENCE OF "SANDWICH" COURSES AT SOME INSTITUTIONS.
ON A
REAL THE STANDARDS
PROBLEMS HAD NOT
FACED
BEEN
BY THE MR ADDRESSED,
HELP THE
THAT CRITICISM UNIVERSITIES IN MAINTAINING BRIDGE SAID THE COMMISSION DID PROPOSE SENSIBLE MEASURES TO UNIVERSITIES MAINTAIN THEIR HIGH STANDARDS.
"THE
FOR
FOR RESOURCES ADDITIONAL PROPOSAL COMMISSION'S
LOW STANDARD REMEDIAL TEACHING IN ENGLISH SHOULD HELP TO IMPROVE THE OF ENGLISH," HE SAID.
то IMPROVE THE "IN THE LONGER TERM, THE MEASURES NOW IN HAND
HELP TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS QUALITY OF SIXTH FORM EDUCATION WILL ENTER TERTIARY EDUCATION BETTER PREPARED THAN BEFORE.
"THE WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDED BY UP AND IS THESE MEASURES HAS BEEN SET SCHOOLS AND TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS TAKING PART."
OPERATING
THE COMMISSION TO OVERSEE
WELL, WITH
BOTH
/MR BRIDGE