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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1991
REVIEW OF SE ADMISSION PROCEDURE IN PROGRESS
NEW
A REVIEW OF THE THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS CONDUCTING SIXTH FORM ADMISSION PROCEDURE AND IF ANY SHORTCOMINGS ARE IDENTIFIED, IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR INTRODUCTION AT THE THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
BEGINNING OF
AND MANPOWER, THE HON STEPHEN
EDUCATION THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR MR JOHN CHAN, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM NG AT THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
TACKLE THE
WITH
то MR CHAN SAID THE NEW ADMISSION PROCEDURE AIMED PROBLEMS ARISING FROM UNDER-ENROLMENT AT SECONDARY 6 (S6) LEVEL, THE ULTIMATE POLICY OBJECTIVE OF MAXIMISING UTILISATION OF 86 PLACES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND PRODUCING AS MANY MATRICULANTS AS POSSIBLE.
"IT DOES SO BY ENSURING THAT ELIGIBLE STUDENTS HAVE FIRST PRIORITY FOR THE S6 PLACES IN THEIR OWN SCHOOL," HE EXPLAINED.
"IT PUTS AN END TO THE PRACTICE OF INDIVIDUAL BETTER QUALIFIED STUDENTS SECURING 86 PLACES IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
"IT ALSO MINIMISES THE NEED FOR $5 LEAVERS TO SHOP AROUND FOR
A PLACE.'
AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW SCHEME YEAR, MR CHAN NOTED, 86 PLACES WERE FULLY TAKEN UP.
CITING STATISTICS, HE SAID THERE ADVANCED LEVEL (A-LÈVEL) AND 1,680 IN CLASSES.
H-LEVEL
IN
SEPTEMBER THIS
WERE 17,720 PLACES IN THE THE HIGHER LEVEL (H-LEVEL)
THE ACTUAL NUMBERS OF S6 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE
CLASSES AS AT EARLY SEPTEMBER WERE
RESPECTIVELY.
A-LEVEL AND
AND 17,891
1,680
AS AT EARLY SEPTEMBER MORE THAN 30 PUPILS
PER
THE OVER-ENROLMENT IN A-LEVEL CLASSES INDICATED THAT SOME SCHOOLS HAD RECRUITED CLASS.
117 H-LEVEL
STUDENTS DROPPED H-LEVEL
AS AT OCTOBER, 682 A-LEVEL AND OUT WHILE 128 NEW RECRUITS WERE ENROLLED IN A-LEVEL AND 16 IN CLASSES.
H-LEVEL STUDENTS
AND THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF A-LEVEL TO 17,337 AND 1,579 RESPECTIVELY AS AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
"ALTHOUGH THE ENROLMENT RATIO
END
SUBSEQUENTLY
OF OCTOBER, PER CENT TO 97.5 PER CENT BY THE HIGHEST FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS," MR CHAN SAID.
DROPPED
IT
FROM REMAINED
100
THE
WERE STUDENTS
NOT
CHAN SAID COMMENTING ON THE DROPOUTS, MR OBLIGED TO GIVE REASONS FOR THEIR DEPARTURE FROM 86.
OF
OF
OF
S6
"NO COMPREHENSIVE RECORD
THE CAUSES AND WHEREABOUTS
NUMBER THE 'DROPOUTS' FROM 56 HAS THEREFORE BEEN KEPT AND THE 'DROPOUTS' WHO EVENTUALLY ENROLLED IN A POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTION NOT AVAILABLE, HE ADDED.
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