FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1989
DIRECTION SET FOR FUTURE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION
DIRECTIONS
THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A SERIES OF MEASURES ARISING THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO 3 WHICH SET CLEAR FOR THE FUTURE STRUCTURE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.
FROM
THE
THESE MEASURES ARE DESIGNED TO GIVE PRIORITY TO INCREASING AVAILABILITY OF TERTIARY PLACES AND TO ENSURE, AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE, A UNIFIED POINT OF ENTRY TO FIRST DEGREE COURSES.
INSTITUTIONS AMPLE TIME WILL BE GIVEN TO ALL NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS WHILE HAVING A CLEAR PICTURE STRUCTURE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION.
TO MAKE THE OF THE FUTURE
AT THE SAME TIME, ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TO IMPROVE THE
OF ENGLISH AT TERTIARY LEVEL.
STANDARD
TODAY
ANNOUNCING DETAILS OF THE PACKAGE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE (FRIDAY), SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR RON BRIDGE SAID THE OF ENDORSED GOVERNMENT HAD
THE
COMMISSION'S OBJECTIVE EDUCATION WORKING TOWARDS STUDENTS AT ALL INSTITUTIONS FUNDED BY THE UNIVERSITY ACCEPTED FOR FIRST AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC) BEING DEGREE PROGRAMMES AFTER SECONDARY 7.
FORM UNDESIRABLE
ON OF
ENTRY POINTS TO TERTIARY HE SAID THE EXISTING VARIETY OF INSTITUTIONS WAS UNDESIRABLE BECAUSE IT CREATED EXCESSIVE PRESSURE STUDENTS IN
SCHOOLS AS WELL AS SECONDARY COMPETITION AMONG THE INSTITUTIONS.
AN
ARISES FROM THE CHANCES OF
THESE TEACHING
"THE PRESSURE ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS NUMBER OF EXAMINATIONS THEY MUST TAKE TO MAXIMISE THEIR
AS FROM THE WELL AS EDUCATION, ENTRY TO HIGHER EXAMINATIONS HAVE ON THE CURRICULUM AND THE AVAILABILITY OF
TIME.
"THE INTRODUCTION OF A UNIFIED ENTRY SYSTEM WILL MAJORITY OF STUDENTS.
EFFECTS
BENEFIT THE
"CONSIDERATION SHOULD NOW BE GIVEN TO THE INTRODUCTION OF JOINT ADMISSION PROCEDURES AS A MATTER OF PRIORITY.
THE UNIVERSITIES BOTH ALREADY TAKEN STEPS IN THIS DIRECTION,
"IN FACT
AND THE POLYTECHNICS HAVE HE SAID.
AS FOR THE LENGTH OF FIRST DEGREE COURSES, MR BRIDGE SAID
OR GOVERNMENT HAD DECIDED THAT IT SHOULD NOT BE FIXED AT THREE
TIE
FOUR
YEARS.
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