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WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1990
ON A MEMBER'S SUGGESTION THAT THE MAJORITY IF NOT ALL THE HIGHER DIPLOMA WORK CURRENTLY UNDERTAKEN BY THE POLYTECHNICS SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL, MR YEUNG SAID HE AGREED THAT THIS WAS AN ECONOMICAL WAY OF EXPANDING THE PROVISION OF DEGREE PLACES AND THAT THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE WOULD BE RECOMMENDING THAT THE POLYTECHNICS
BE ALLOWED TO EXPAND THEIR DEGREE PROGRAMMES SUBSTANTIALLY.
"BUT ECONOMY IS NOT AND CANNOT BE OUR ONLY CONSIDERATION.
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"IN THE INTEREST OF PRESERVING THE OVERALL BALANCE BETWEEN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, AS WELL AS THE QUALITY AND VARIETY OF OUR TERTIARY EDUCATION, WE MUST ALLOW THE UNIVERSITY AND OTHER NON- POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTIONS AN APPROPRIATE SHARE IN THE EXPANSION PROGRAMME, MR YEUNG SAID.
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"IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE, THEREFORE, TO PERMIT THE POLYTECHNICS TO EXPAND THEIR DEGREE PROGRAMMES AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD WISH," HE ADDED.
MR YEUNG POINTED OUT THAT GIVEN THAT EDUCATION WAS EXPENSIVE BECAUSE IT WAS HEAVILY SUBSIDISED, THE COROLLARY TO OUR EXPANSION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION WAS THAT OTHER SECTORS OF EDUCATION WOULD HAVE TO TAKE A LOWER PRIORITY.
"THE QUEUE IS LONG, BECAUSE IT HAS ΤΟ INCLUDE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE EDUCATION COMMISSION HAS MADE IN ITS SECOND AND THIRD REPORTS, AND WILL MAKE IN ITS FOURTH, TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS.
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THESE RECOMMENDATIONS COVERED, FOR EXAMPLE, THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW SIXTH FORM CURRICULUM, THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE SCHEME AND THE CREATION OF THE DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME.
BOUGHT PLACE
"THEY WILL ALSO INCLUDE POSSIBLE CHANGES ΤΟ THE CORE CURRICULUM FOR OUR NINE YEARS OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WAY WE DEVELOP CURRICULUM, WHOLE-DAY SCHOOLING AT PRIMARY 5 AND 6 AND THE REFORM OF OUR POLICY ON LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION, MR YEUNG ADDED.
WHILE NOTING THAT MANY OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HAD BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS PLAYING AN ESSENTIAL PART IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, MR
SAID THEIR IMPLEMENTATION AND FINANCING WOULD NEED TO BE
PLANNED AND CARRIED THROUGH, VERY PROBABLY IN PHASES.
YEUNG CAREFULLY
MR YEUNG CITED PRIMARY 5 AND 6 AS AN OVERNIGHT.
THE INTRODUCTION OF
SCHOOLING AT EXAMPLE, SAYING IT COULD NOT BE ACHIEVED
FULL-DAY
PLANNING AGAINST DEMOGRAPHIC
"IT REQUIRES TERRITORY-WIDE
TRENDS AS WELL AS DISTRICT-BY-DISTRICT IMPLEMENTATION, SO THAT THE SPILLOVER OF TEACHERS AND PUPILS FROM ONE SCHOOL ΤΟ ANOTHER CAN BE CAREFULLY TIMED AND CO-ORDINATED,' HE SAID.
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