WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31,
1990
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GOVERNMENT AIMS TO REACH TERTIARY EDUCATION EXPANSION TARGET ON TIME
* * *
TO ENSURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE THE TARGETS ON EXPANSION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION CAN BE REACHED ON TIME, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE HON K.Y. TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
AT
RESUMED THE
DEBATE
OF
THE MONTHS,
AND
YEUNG, SAID
POLICY GOVERNOR'S SPEAKING ADDRESS,
A STEERING GROUP YEUNG SAID FOR THE PAST 12 MR
POLYTECHNIC GRANTS INCLUDING THE
UNIVERSITY CHAIRMEN OF THE
SECRETARY COMMITTEE (UPGC) AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL (VTC), THE
HIMSELF HAD BEEN FOR THE TREASURY, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND
AND THE TERTIARY WORKING ON VARIOUS PLANS TO ENSURE THAT THE VTC
THEY INSTITUTIONS GOT THE ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL CAPACITY AND THE FUNDS NEEDED FOR EXPANSION.
"THESE
PLANS
HAVE
BEEN FINALISED
AND
AWAIT
RESOURCE
ALLOCATION, HE SAID.
AS REGARDS HUMAN RESOURCES, MR YEUNG SAID THE THAT THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS NEEDED TO RECRUIT AN ADDITIONAL TEACHERS TO MEET THE GROWTH AND TO CATER FOR NATURAL WASTAGE.
UPGC ESTIMATED 3,000
HE POINTED OUT THAT IN ITS RECENT REPORT TO THE GOVERNMENT, THE PACKAGE, COMMITTEE WAS SATISFIED THAT, GIVEN THEIR COMPETITIVE THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS STOOD A GOOD CHANCE OF BEING ABLE TO RECRUIT AND TRAIN UP THIS NUMBER.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
"THIS TASK CAN BE ACHIEVED MORE READILY IF ACADEMIC RESEARCH ARE INCREASED AND FRINGE BENEFITS ARE IMPROVED.
ΤΟ
SAY THAT
COMMITTEE'S
LEADING THE **I AM PLEASED RECOMMENDATION, NAMELY, A SUBSTANTIAL ENHANCEMENT OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES, HAS ALREADY BEEN ENDORSED BY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
HE SAID. IMPLEMENTATION NOW AWAITS RESOURCE ALLOCATION,
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ITS
WHETHER MR YEUNG NOTED THAT CERTAIN MEMBERS WERE, CONCERNED ON
FILL THE ADDITIONAL THERE WOULD BE
ENOUGH SECONDARY 7 LEAVERS TO CAPACITY THAT WOULD BE CREATED AT FIRST DEGREE LEVEL, AND WHETHER QUALITY OF THE MATRICULANTS COULD BE MAINTAINED.
THE
ON THE FIRST POINT, MR YEUNG SAID THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION HAD
POLICY WAS TO. ADVISED HIM THAT ALTHOUGH THE GOVERNMENT'S EXISTING
THREE SUBSIDISED PROVIDE ONE SUBSIDISED SECONDARY 6 PLACE FOR EVERY
PLACES SECONDARY 4 SECONDARY 6 WAS ACTUALLY LOWER THAN THIS.
TWO YEARS
THE AGO,
PULL-THROUGH
RATE
"WITH MY AGREEMENT, THE DIRECTOR IS NOW CONSULTING THE
A NUMBER OF COUNCILS AND THE EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY ON DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE A HIGHER PULL-THROUGH RATE.
INTO
SCHOOLS MEASURES
/"THESE INCLUDE