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MONDAY, MARCH 19, 1990
IMPROVED EDUCATION WILL PROVIDE BETTER MATRICULANTS: CS
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IN
THE
IMPROVE THE
TO
BETTER
ΤΟ BE
THE GOVERNMENT BELIEVES THAT CONCERTED EFFORTS TO
WILL LEAD SCHOOL SYSTEM QUALITY OF EDUCATION MATRICULANTS FOR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS AND ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE
CHIEF THE AHEAD, THE FOR
CHALLENGE EQUIPPED BETTER SIR DAVID FORD, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SECRETARY,
OF
THE
QUALITY
OF
QUANTUM EDUCATION
INITIATIVES LEAP IN IN THE
SPEAKING AT THE NAMING CEREMONY OF THE RUN RUN SHAW LIBRARY THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG, SIR DAVID SPOKE OF THE
то COMPLEMENT THE
WAS GOVERNMENT
PURSUING TERTIARY EDUCATION AND TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
NEW BE A
SIXTH FORM SIR DAVID POINTED OUT THAT THERE WOULD
BROADER AND CURRICULUM AVAILABLE BY SEPTEMBER 1992, WHICH WOULD BE A
GIVE STUDENTS A MORE LIBERAL MORE FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM DESIGNED TO PREPARATION FOR LIFE.
WOULD BE INTRODUCED AND FLEXIBILITY
HE ALSO SAID A NEW DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME TO INCREASE PARENTAL CHOICE AND TO ENCOURAGE VARIETY IN THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
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THE SCHEME WILL CONTINUE "PRIVATE OR AIDED SCHOOLS WHICH JOIN
ΤΟ BE ABLE
RETAIN BUT WILL ASSISTANCE, RECEIVE GOVERNMENT CONSIDERABLE FREEDOM IN DECIDING ON CURRICULUM, FEES AND SELECTION PUPILS.
OF
"WE HOPE THAT IN TIME THIS WILL LEAD TO THE
HE SAID. STRONG PRIVATE SCHOOLS SECTOR,
DEVELOPMENT OF A
THE
CHIEF
SECRETARY
SAID
WAS
TO MEASURES
ASSIST
REVIEWING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
COMMISSION THE EDUCATION
CURRICULUM SCHOOL
AND WOULD BE ACADEMIC WITH DIFFERENT STUDENTS ABILITIES, FOR WHOM THE NORMAL CURRICULUM MIGHT NOT BE SUITABLE.
CONSIDERING
THE COMMISSION WOULD ALSO
TESTS, SIR DAVID SAID.
LOOK AT THE NEED FOR ATTAINMENT
OF
PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS,
WE EXPECT STANDARDS
SOME OBJECTIVE STANDARDS,' HE
THE OUR
"WITH THE PROGRESSIVE ABOLITION TIME HAS COME FOR US TO ASK OURSELVES WHAT STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS TO ACHIEVE AND TO HAVE MEASURES OF ASSESSING THEIR PERFORMANCE AGAINST THESE SAID.
THE SIR DAVID SAID LANGUAGE WAS ANOTHER KEY QUESTION AFFECTING
DEPARTMENT REPORT ON QUALITY OF EDUCATION, AND THE RECENT EDUCATION
EXTENSIVE
ON LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENT MEASURES HAD MADE
THE IN SCHOOLS
AND
LEARNING
OF
LANGUAGES
THE TEACHING GOVERNMENT'S POLICY ON THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION.
RECOMMENDATIONS
AND ON
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