XN000022-1976-12-08 — Page 4

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBLR 8, 1976

SHE FELT THAT PROVISIONS SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE COMBINED CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION COULD BE INTRODUCED WITHOUT MUCH DIFFICULTY INTO THE SIXTH FORM COURSES.

SHE ALSO SHARED DR. CHUNG'S OPINION THAT THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD CUT THE COURSE AT THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY FROM FOUR TO THREE YEARS.

APART FROM FURTHER REDUCING COSTS AND IMPROVING THE ACADEMIC QUALITY OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY, SHE SAID, SUCH A MOVE WOULD ENABLE SOME 1,000 MORE STUDENTS TO HAVE UNIVERSITY EDUCATION FOR THE SAME COST.

REV. BENNETT POINTED OUT IT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT THE CONSTITUENT COLLEGES SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PRESERVE THE AIMS AND SPIRIT OF THE IR FOUNDERS AND THAT OUR TWO UNIVERSITIES SHOULD PROVIDE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS.

*WITH THE STRESS ON STUDENT-ORIENTATED TEACHING IN THE COLLEGES THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY COULD WELL DEVELOP A SYSTEM OF EDUCATION THE ENVY OF THE OLDER UNIVERSITY AND A SYSTEM THAT COULD HAVE GREAT INFLUENCE ON SECONDARY EDUCATION, SHE SAID.

ALSO SUPPORTING DR. CHUNG'S PROPOSAL THAT THERE SHOULD BE A JOINT MATRICULATION EXAMINATION, THE HON. MISS KO SIU-WAH SAID THE DISADVANTAGES OF FORM SIX STUDENTS TAKING TWO DIFFERENT MATRICULATION EXAMINATIONS IN THE SAME OR IN TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS WERE OBVIOUS.

+STUDENTS HAVE TO PUT UP WITH INTENSIFIED MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STRESS, AND THE CUMULATIVE EXAMINATION ENTRY FEES ARE A TREMENDOUS FINANCIAL BURDEN TO A GOOD NUMBER OF THEM, SHE SAID.

MISS KO SAID THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENT-ORIENTATED TEACHING WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF TEACHING IN THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.

+ IN A BROAD SENSE, STUDENT-ORIENTATED TEACHING IS DESIRABLE AT ANY EDUCATION LEVEL, AND CARRIES A SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE AT UNIVERSITY LEVEL.

+AS WE UNDERSTAND, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION AIMS AT MORE THAN JUST TRANSMISSION OF KNOWLEDGE. IT IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT STAGE IN THE PROCESS OF SELF-DISCOVERY AND IN THE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OF EACH STUDENT, SHE SAID.

SPEAKING ON THE SAME BILL, THE HON. LI FOOK-WO POINTED OUT THAT A PRECISE INDICATION MUST BE INCLUDED TO SPECIFY THAT THE CONDUCT OF STUDENT-ORIENTATED TEACHING WAS THE DUTY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ASSEMBLY OF FELLOWS.

IN THIS CONNECTION, HE FELT THAT AMENDMENTS WERE NECESSARY ON THE ALLOCATION OF TEACHERS AND THE ASSIGNMENT OF STUDENTS TO THE COLLEGES, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THEIR OWN PREFERENCES.

/HE LAF REGS ED