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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1989

HE SAID THE ONE-YEAR SCHOOLS SHOULD BE PROVIDED IN

ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIXTH FORM EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT HAD RECENTLY ENDORSED A PROPOSAL THAT THE SIXTH FORM PROGRAMME RUN BY THE CHINESE MIDDLE REPLACED BY THE TWO-YEAR SIXTH FORM COURSE CURRENTLY ANGLO-CHINESE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

THE SIXTH FORM CURRICULUM WOULD, AT THE SAME TIME, BE BROADENED TO PROVIDE A WORTHWHILE EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH A WIDER ABILITY. MR LI SAID.

RANGE OF

ADVANCED COURSES, SUBJECTS WOULD

HE ADDED THAT THE RANGE OF SUBJECTS OFFERED AT THE LEVEL WOULD BE BROADENED TO COVER TECHNICAL AND AND THE INTRODUCTION OF THE

PRACTICAL NEW INTERMEDIATE LEVEL HELP FURTHER BROADEN THE CURRICULUM FOR SIXTH FORMERS.

OF

PROGRESS IN

THE

EDUCATION, MR TEACHER

LI SAID PREPARATION IN

TURNING TO THE QUALITATIVE ASPECT THERE HAD BEEN REMARKABLE RECENT YEARS.

TEACHERS,

IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF NON-GRADUATE MR LI SAID A THREE-YEAR PRE-SERVICE TRAINING COURSE FOR ENTRANTS CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION QUALIFICATION WAS INTRODUCED IN 1980 IN WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF A 1979 WHITE PAPER.

"STUDENTS HOLDING ADVANCED LEVEL QUALIFICATIONS COULD ADMITTED DIRECTLY TO A TWO-YEAR COLLEGE COURSE PROVIDED ADEQUATE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.

WITH LJNE

BE

THEY POSSESS

"IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES AND REFRESHER COURSES ARE FOR IN-SERVICE TEACHERS AND HEADMASTERS." MN LI SAID.

OFFERED

TAKEN TO TEACHING ALTHOUGH

FOR GRADUATE TEACHERS, NE SAID MEASURES HAD BEEN PROVIDE A STRONG INDUCEMENT ΤΟ THOSE GRADUATES WHO MADE THEIR LIFE-LONG CAREER TO TAKE A COURSE OF TEACHER IT WAS NOT THE INTENTION OF THE GOVERNMENT ΤΟ MAKE POST-GRADUATE TRAINING OBLIGATORY.

TRAINING

"A RECENT ENRICHMENT IN THIS RESPECT HAS BEEN THE IN THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG OF A BA DEGREE EDUCATION FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL HEADS," HE SAID.

DEGREE

COURSES FOR TEACHERS OF PRACTICAL AND SUBJECTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS WERE ALSO BEING ACTIVELY MR LI ADDED.

TO MAINTAIN THE LEADING ROLE OF HONG KONG AS AN TRADE AND FINANCIAL CENTRE, MR LI SAID THE GOVERNMENT MUCH IMPORTANCE TO LANGUAGE EDUCATION.

IN

INTRODUCTION PRIMARY

TECHNICAL CONSIDERED,

INTERNATIONAL HAD ATTACHED

HAD

BEEN REMEDIAL

IN THIS CONNECTION, TWO ADDITIONAL GRADUATE-TEACHERS PROVIDED FOR EVERY STANDARD SECONDARY SCHOOL TO STRENGTH THE LANGUAGE TEACHING OF CHINESE AND ENGLISH SINCE SEPTEMBER 1982. HE SAID.

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