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Sunday, July 1, 1973

EVENING COURSES FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN

The courses offered by the Evening Institute, The Evening School

of Higher Chinese Studies and the Adult Education & Recreation Centres

are very popular and both adults and children take the courses to enrich

themselves, a spokesman for the Education Department said today.

At the Evening Institute, there are 1,500 students in 41 classes

taking the Middle School Course for Adults leading to the Hong Kong

Certificate of Education Examination. These men and women, aged 18 or

over, attend classes four evenings a week for five years after which they

take the examination to finish their secondary schooling.

Another course, with both Chinese and Anglo-Chinese sections for

boys and girls of normal school age, is the six-year secondary school course.

There are about 700 students in these classes, who also take part

in extra curricular activities. These pupils attend classes for five

evenings a week and study a full curriculum.

At the end of the course they take the Certificate of Education

Examination.

Nearly 5,000 pupils of normal school age attend the Post-Primary

Extension Course. They are taught in a practical way. These children go

to classes three evenings a week for three years at the end of which they

sit for a final examination.

The enrolment