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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1990
"TO THIS END WE NEED TO ACHIEVE INTO THE SIXTH FORM,
A 33 PER CENT PULL-THROUGH
HE SAID.
¦
SCHOOLS,
CRITERIA FOR SITTING A-LEVELS, THE HIGHLY SELECTIVE ADOPTED BY MANY CANDIDATES APPLYING SCHOOL.
SUCCESSFULLY
AND THE
FOR
MR YEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE MAIN REASONS FOR UNDER-ENROLMENT COULD BE TRACED
THE TREND OF TO UNNECESSARILY RESTRICTIVE ENTRY
ADMISSION
POLICY QUALIFIED
PRACTICE OF
ADMISSION TO
WELL
MORE THAN ONE
EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT HAS
"TO OVERCOME THESE PROBLEMS THE RECENTLY FORMULATED A PACKAGE OF PROPOSALS.
"THIS INCLUDES LOWERING THE ENTRY A-LEVEL EXAMINATIONS (WHICH IS JUSTIFIED NOW THAT THE BROADENED
REQUIREMENTS FOR SITTING FORM CURRICULUM IS
SIXTH NO LONGER INTENDED REDUCING
ONLY FOR THE
MATRICULATION); LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY OF PARTICULARLY IN THE SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (WHICH
A-LEVEL EXAMINATIONS, HAVING A DIFFICULTY LEVEL TWO GRADES ABOVE EQUIVALENT A-LEVELS IN
ARE ACCEPTED AS UK)," HE SAID.
THE
OTHER PROPOSALS INCLUDED ASKING SCHOOLS SECONDARY 6 PLACES, BY ADOPTING A FIVE-STAGE ADMISSION PROCEDURE;
TO FILL ALL THEIR ENCOURAGING SCHOOLS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OR WHICH WERE
AND SPONSOR TO SPECIALISE,
UNDER THE SAME AND TO CO-OPERATE EXCHANGING STUDENTS FOR VARIOUS SUBJECTS.
WITH EACH OTHER BY
VARIOUS AND IT WAS
MR YEUNG SAID THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY AND SCHOOLS COUNCILS WERE BEING CONSULTED ON THESE MEASURES, HOPED TO INTRODUCE THEM STARTING FROM SEPTEMBER 1991.
CHILDREN TO SCHOOL IN DISTRICT THEY LIVE: YEUNG SAYS
ΤΟ
IT
IT IS GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO ALLOCATE PRIMARY SCHOOL PLACES SCHOOL CHILDREN WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY LIVE, YET IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE IN PRACTICE TO GUARANTEE TRAVEL BEYOND 400 METRES TO GET TO SCHOOL.
THAT NO CHILD WILL
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE HON K.Y. YEUNG, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON DAVID CHEUNG
EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN
IN THE
TRAVEL
AS A PLANNING GUIDELINE, MR YEUNG SAID PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUBLIC SECTOR SHOULD PREFERABLY BE RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO ENSURE THAT YOUNG CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE TO
LOCATED WITHIN 400 METRES OF EXCESSIVE DISTANCES TO GET TO SCHOOL.
"I MUST EMPHASISE, HOWEVER, THAT THIS IS A PLANNING AND NOT THE POLICY ITSELF, HE SAID.
GUIDELINE,
/REFERRING TO