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* GREATER PARTICIPATION OF TEACHERS, PARENTS AND ALUMNI IN
MAKING MANAGEMENT DECISIONS IN AND FOR THEIR SCHOOLS;
SYSTEMATIC PLANNING AND EVALUATION
OF SCHOOL ACTIVITIES;
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AND
MADE OWN
MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR SCHOOLS TO USE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM, IN WAYS THAT WOULD BEST MEET THEIR NEEDS AS WELL AS THE GOVERNMENT'S EDUCATION OBJECTIVES.
TWENTY-ONE SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE JOINED THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SCHEME AND IT IS HOPED THAT ALL PUBLIC SECTOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL BE PERSUADED TO JOIN BY THE MID-1990S, TO BE FOLLOWED SOON AFTER THAT BY PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
"THE ROLE OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL THEN HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED FROM ONE OF CONTROL TO ONE OF SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT FOR SCHOOLS," HE SAID.
"THIS WILL GIVE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS MORE ROOM TO SHOW THEIR METTLE, TO INNOVATE AND TO DERIVE MORE SATISFACTION FROM THEIR MR CHAN ADDED.
WORK,
FUNDS FOR TERTIARY STUDIES IN UK
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NEW STUDENTS WHO INTEND TO PURSUE TERTIARY UNITED KINGDOM STARTING FROM THE 1992-93 ACADEMIC TO APPLY FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE UNITED GOVERNMENTS JOINT FUNDING SCHEME BY OCTOBER 1.
EDUCATION IN THE YEAR ARE REMINDED KINGDOM/HONG KONG
THE SCHEME IS JOINTLY FINANCED BY THE HONG KONG AND UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENTS TO HELP NEEDY HONG KONG STUDENTS MEET THE HIGHER TUITION FEES CHARGED ON OVERSEAS STUDENTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY SAID THE SCHEME WAS OPEN TO HONG KONG STUDENTS PURSUING FULL-TIME FIRST DEGREE OR HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA COURSES AT UNIVERSITIES, POLYTECHNICS AND COLLEGES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, SUBJECT TO THEIR HAVING RESIDED CONTINUOUSLY OR BEEN DOMICILED IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST SEVEN YEARS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE COURSE STARTS.
THE SCHEME IS MEANS-TESTED AND THE MAXIMUM LEVEL OF ASSISTANCE IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TUITION FEES PAYABLE BY AN OVERSEAS STUDENT AND A NOTIONAL BRITISH HOME STUDENT FEE ADOPTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF CALCULATING STUDENTS' FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 1992-93, THE NOTIONAL "HOME" FEE WILL 702 POUNDS STERLING.
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/FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE