WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1990
REVIEW PREPARATION OF A
"WHILST I ALSO APPRECIATE THE DEMANDS ANY INSTITUTIONAL MAKES ON A NEW INSTITUTION'S ADMINISTRATION IN THE SUBMISSION, THIS IS A NECESSARY FACET OF ANY ACCREDITATION EXERCISE.
"INSTITUTIONAL REVIEWS HAVE,
то OBJECTIVE,
AS ONE
EVALUATE
A WHOLE, HAS AN WHETHER THE INSTITUTION, AS
ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT SUITABLE FOR OFFERING DEGREE PROGRAMMES OF AN APPROPRIATE STANDARD.
'ASSUMING THE OUTCOME OF THE OLI REVIEW IS POSITIVE, THIS GIVE PROVISIONAL RECOGNITION TO ITS DEGREE PROGRAMMES," HE SAID.
WILL
NECESSARY SOME YEARS MR YEUNG SAID A FURTHER REVIEW WOULD BE
AT A TIME WHEN "COHORTS** OF
WERE EITHER JUST HENCE,
STUDENTS COMPLETING OR APPROACHING THE FINAL STAGES OF THEIR COURSES.
"WHILE THE PROCEDURES AND SCOPE OF ANY EXERCISE IS ULTIMATELY WILL RECOGNISE WITHIN THE COMPETENCE OF THE HKCAA, I AM SURE THAT IT
PROCEDURE AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE THE DIFFERENCES OF ORGANISATION, INSTITUTIONS IT ACCREDITS, HE POINTED OUT.
MR YEUNG ALSO NOTED THAT THE
FULLY COUNCIL PROVISIONAL
WAS FAMILIAR UNDERSTOOD THE NATURE OF OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING AND
TO WITH THE METHODS WHICH
EMPLOYED
EVALUATE INSTITUTIONS
OFFERING SUCH COURSES.
MUST BE
NEED NOT ΤΟ COMPROMISE THE
HE SAID IT WAS SENSITIVE TO THE OLI'S POSITION WITH THE SUPPLIERS OF COURSE MATERIALS.
"HOWEVER, A DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE IS NOT JUST ITS MATERIALS USED WITH STUDENTS, BUT ALSO THE WAY IN WHICH THEY ARE HANDLED AND HE ADDED.
CHAIRED BY
MR YEUNG THANKED MEMBERS OF THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP, THE HON RITA FAN, FOR THE EFFORTS THEY HAD MADE IN IMPROVING THE BILL.
ENSURE
0
CALL FOR PROPER ACCREDITATION OF OLI COURSES
* * * * *
THERE IS A NEED FOR ACADEMIC ASSESSMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION
THAT THE ACADEMIC STANDARDS ARE
TO
WITH
OPEN
COMPARABLE INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED STANDARDS, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE LEARNING INSTITUTE (OLI), THE HON CHENG HON-KWAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL FOR ACADEMIC ACCREDITATION BILL 1990 IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHENG SAID THAT IN THE DELIBERATION OF THE BILL, THE SENIOR STAFF OF THE OLI HAD EXPRESSED TO THE LEGCO AD HOC GROUP STUDYING THE BILL THEIR CONCERN ABOUT THE OLI'S LIMITED RESOURCES AND COMMITMENTS TO SELF-FINANCING, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS ACCREDITATION.
FOR ACADEMIC
/MR CHENG
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