WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1977
REV. THE HON. JOYCE BENNETT, SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE BILL, ALSO WELCOMED THE INCLUSION IN THE AUTHORITY OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNIVERSITIES, POLYTECHNIC, POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS.
+ I BELIEVE IT IS ESSENTIAL WE RECOGNISE THAT OUR EDUCATION POLICY IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC CONCERN, NOT ONLY FOR ACADEMIC ESTABLISHMENTS BUT ALSO FOR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL UNDERTAKINGS,+ SHE SAID.
SHE THOUGHT THE BILL WAS LONG OVERDUE AND RECALLED THAT SUCH AN INDEPENDENT EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY WAS FIRST MOOTED IN THE MARSH-SAMPSON REPORT IN 1963 AND RECOMMENDED IN THE 1965 WHITE PAPER ON EDUCATION.
IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, SHE SAID, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD DONE GOOD SERVICE IN AMALGAMATING THE SYLLABUSES AND EXAMINATIONS IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
+WITH THIS INDEPENDENT EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY THERE WILL BE A FIRST-CLASS OPPORTUNITY TO RATIONALISE FURTHER OUR EXAMINATION SYSTEM,+ SHE NOTED.
SHE ASKED THAT SCHOOLS BE GIVEN ADEQUATE NOTICE OF ANY CHANGES.
+CLEARLY THERE HAS BEEN GOOD COOPERATION AND LIAISON BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITIES AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE SETTING UP OF THIS AUTHORITY, AND I BELIEVE THAT EACH OF THESE BODIES WILL ASSIST IN MAKING THE CHANGE-OVER SMOOTH AND SATISFACTORY.
+SCHOOLS, I KNOW, LOOK FOR THE IRONING OUT OF CERTAIN ANOMALIES BETWEEN THE PRESENT TWO UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS CONCERNING THE SUBJECTS EXAMINED AND THE LENGTH OF THEIR SYLLABUSES, ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE COURSES LEADING TO THE H.K. CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.
+ THE AUTHORITY WILL BE ABLE TO STUDY THESE PROBLEMS IN DEPTH,+ REV. BENNETT SAID.
IN REPLY TO THE COMMENTS MADE BY MR. WU THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON. KENNETH TOPLEY ASSURED THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBER THAT THERE WOULD BE NO DIFFICULTY IN CONTINUING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE EXTERNAL EXAMINATIONS. REGARDING OVERSEAS RECOGNITION OF THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS, HE SAID +APPROPRIATE STEPS WILL BE TAKEN DIRECTLY THE TIME COMES TO MAINTAIN THIS RECOGNITION+.
/HE POINTED
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