REPLY:
MR PRESIDENT,
(A)
(B)
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1994
OR
HONG
COUNCIL FOR
THE
KONG
ACADEMIC ACCREDITATION AUTHORITY (HKCAA) ACTS AS AN INDEPENDENT ACCREDITING
OFFERED TO ASSESS THE STANDARDS OF DEGREE PROGRAMMES
LOCAL TO BE OFFERED BY
NON-UNIVERSITY TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS. IT ALSO PROVIDES ADVICE AND INFORMATION OF ACADEMIC STANDARDS AND ON THE COMPARABILITY
SYSTEMS IN OTHER COUNTRIES. IT WOULD ACCREDITATION
AUTHORITY NOT BE APPROPRIATE FOR A LOCAL ACCREDITING
APPROVED
ΤΟ
AND OFFERED
THERE IS NO PLAN, THEREFORE,
COVER
COURSES THAT ARE ACCREDIT ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD. ΤΟ EXTEND THE HKCAA'S ACCREDITING AUTHORITY TO NON-LOCAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS.
THE RECOGNITION MATTERS IN
PROFESSIONAL EXERCISE THEIR OWN DISCRETION ON THE BASIS
EMPLOYMENT
WHICH
QUALIFICATIONS OF NON-LOCAL
INSTITUTIONS, TERTIARY THE
ARE AND EMPLOYERS BODIES,
ARE
THE
FREE OF THEIR
TO
NEEDS.
ΤΟ
NON-LOCAL
THE
ASSESSMENT
OWN ACADEMIC, PROFESSIONAL AND HKCAA IS, HOWEVER, A USEFUL SOURCE OF INFORMATION
OF OF THE STANDARD FACILITATE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF APPOINTMENTS TO CIVIL SERVICE.
ASSESSMENT OF NON-LOCAL
POSTS, GOVERNMENT
IN
ARE
THE
OF
ON APPLICATIONS FOR CIVIL SERVICE DOES NOT KEEP A RECORD ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS WHO
COUNTRY. HOLD QUALIFICATIONS FROM A PARTICULAR GENERAL,
QUALIFICATIONS
MADE
REGARD TO ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS HAVING STANDING OF THE ISSUING INSTITUTION, THE CONTENT THE ACADEMIC PROGRAMME, AS WELL AS THE ADVICE FROM THE
AUTHORITY CONCERNED OR THE ACCREDITATION
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL BODIES, WHERE SUCH ADVICE IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY. THE BENCHMARK IS WHETHER THE NON-LOCAL QUALIFICATION IS OF A COMPARABLE STANDARD TO THAT OF A LOCAL QUALIFICATION.
POSTS IN
THE
AS
FOR TEACHER APPLICATIONS REGARDS PUBLIC SECTOR, AGAIN NO SEPARATE RECORD IS KEPT ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS WHO HOLD NON-LOCAL QUALIFICATIONS ONLY. IN GENERAL, HOLDERS OF NON-LOCAL QUALIFICATIONS ΤΟ THAT ARE NOT REGARDED AS OF A COMPARABLE STANDARD LOCAL QUALIFICATIONS MAY BECOME TEACHERS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR EITHER
(1)
THROUGH COMPLETING A POST-GRADUATE
CERTIFICATE
IN EDUCATION OR DIPLOMA IN EDUCATION AT A LOCAL WHICH UNIVERSITY, THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF WILL ENABLE THE PERSON TO BECOME A NON-GRADUATE TEACHER IN LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS. THERE ARE 25 SUCH PERSONS HOLDING PRC SO EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR; OR
CURRENTLY DEGREES
/(II) THROUGH PASSING