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WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1989
CALL TO REVIEW SIXTH FORM EDUCATION
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DR THE HON DANIEL TSE SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY! THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NEED TO REVIEW THE CONTENT AND THE MODE OF DELIVERY OF SIXTH FORM EDUCATION FOLLOWING THE GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSAL TO PALAND TERTIARY EDUCATION.
SPEAKING IN THE POLICY DEBATE, DR TSE SAID IN A FEW YEARS TIME THE MAJORITY OF A-LEVEL STUDENTS WOULD ENTER TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS FOR DEGREE (SES, WHICH WOULD BE A REVERSED SITUATION FROM THAT AT THE TIME OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION NO. 2 REPORT.
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IN THI LIGHT OF THIS DRAMATIC DEVELOPMENT. PRUDENT TO F EXAMINE THE OBJECTIVE AND THE MODE OF DELIVERY OF SIXTH FORM EDUCATION TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENTS ARE PROPERLY PREPARED TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION, WHILE THE OTHERS WOULD STILL GET THE BENEFIT OF PREPARATION FOR LIFE AND WORK?" HE SAID.
DR TSE SAID THE PLAN TO EXPAND TERTIARY EDUCATION TO ALLOW 18 PER CENT OF THE RELEVANT AGE GROUP TO GET TERTIARY EDUCATION SHOWED THAT THE ASPIRATION OF THE COMMUNITY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION WAS GIVEN DUE RESPECT.
AND THE NEED FOR MORE DEGREE EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMY WAS GIVEN PROPER RECOGNITION, HE ADDED.
DR TSE SAID THE EXPANSION PLAN WOULD MEAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS HAD TO RECRUIT SOME 2,700 SCHOLARS FOR TEACHING AND RESEARCH IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, TOGETHER WITH A COMPARABLE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF.
THE RECRUITMENT OF TEACHING AND OTHER STAFF WOULD BE A CHALLENGE, BUT A WELCOME ONE, TO ALL THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, HE SAID.
DR TSE SAID THE PROPOSED EXPANSION WOULD, EVENTUALLY, LEAD то THE POSSIBLE LIBERALISATION OF SECONDARY EDUCATION.
"THE UNREASONABLE PRESSURE WILL BE GONE, SCHOOLS WILL BE FREE TO CLAIM THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE AS EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS WHERE THE MIND AND THE CHARACTER OF THE YOUNG ARE DEVELOPED THROUGH PROPER LEARNING PROCESSES.
"I WOULD LIKE TO APPEAL то THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS TO TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT THE NEW HORIZON IN HONG KONG'S TERTIARY EDUCATION. SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE HEALTH OF THE SCHOOLS AND THE WELL-BEING OF THE STUDENTS.
"IN THIS REGARD, I DO HOPE THAT THE DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME WHICH WILL BE INTRODUCED WILL ALLOW SOME INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS TO REALLY EXPERIMENT AND EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF PROVIDING HIGH QUALITY AND LIBERALISING EDUCATION TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, HE SAID.
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ON PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION, DR TSE SAID THAT ALMOST ALL CHILDREN IN HONG KONG WOULD GO THROUGH KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION AND THERE WAS A NEED TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN KINDERGARTEN.
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