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MR YEUNG SAID IN ADDITION TO REVIEWING THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM. IT WAS TIMELY TO START CONSIDERING WHAT STANDARDS WE EXPECTED OUR PUPILS, TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS TO ACHIEVE AND TO HAVE OBJECTIVE MEANS OF ASSESSING THEIR PERFORMANCE AGAINST THESE STANDARDS.
"I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A CASE FOR DEVELOPING A SERIES OF TESTS IN RESPECT OF CORE SUBJECTS AT THE KEY LEVELS OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
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"THESE TESTS WOULD NOT BE PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS AND WOULD CERTAINLY NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF STUDENTS' PROGRESS THROUGH SCHOOL. HE SAID.
"BUT THEY WOULD ALLOW US TO MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS, TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS AND TO DEPLOY RESOURCES MORE EFFECTIVELY AND FAIRLY." HE ADDED.
MR YEUNG SAID PROPOSALS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH TESTS WOULD BE GIVEN CAREFUL CONSIDERATION BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION DURING ITS STUDY OF CURRICULA AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS.
TURNING TO THE TERTIARY SECTOR. THE SECRETARY SAID RESEARCH FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WAS AN IMPORTANT MEANS OF ATTRACTING AND RETAINING HIGH-QUALITY ACADEMICS. AND OF IMPROVING SCHOLARSHIP.
"SUCH ACTIVITY JUSTIFIES THE INVESTMENT OF PUBLIC FUNDS BECAUSE IT CONTRIBUTES TO OUR EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT 1 AGREE THAT THE BUILDING UP OF RESEARCH CAPABILITY MUST ALSO HAVE REGARD TO THE NEEDS OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY," MR YEUNG SAID,
HE SAID THE ADVICE OF THE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD WOULD SOON BE SOUGHT ON THE EXTENT TO WHICH CONTRACT RESEARCH COULD BE SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
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AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL MANPOWER COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SET ADVISE THE GOVERNMENT ON MANPOWER REQUIREMENTS IN THE MEDIUM TERM. SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON K.Y. YEUNG, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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MR YEUNG SAID THE COMMITTEE HAD ALSO BEEN ASKED TO TAKE EXISTING TRAINED MANPOWER, TO REVIEW EMPLOYMENT TRENDS IN INDUSTRIES AND PROFESSIONS AND TO PREPARE BROAD ESTIMATES OF REQUIREMENTS BY OCCUPATION.
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"SUBJECT TO THE ADVICE OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES, THESE ESTIMATES. EXPRESSED IN EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING TERMS, WILL THEN BE FED TO THE UPGC AND THE VTC. IN TIME STUDENT NUMBER TARGETS FOR THE NEXT TRIENNIUM TO BE DRAWN
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