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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1987

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SHELVE SIXTH FORM DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS

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THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD SHELVE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SIXTH FORM EDUCATION CONTAINED IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 2, THE HON LEE YU-TAI TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HE SAID THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HAD NOT BEEN PUT THROUGH ANY EFFECTIVE CONSULTATION PROCESS, AND THAT THE SWITCHING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG'S UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME TO A FOUR-YEAR SYSTEM WAS UNFORESEEN.

ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL DURING THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE COMMISSION'S REPORT, MR LEE SUGGESTED THAT A REVIEW OF THE OVERALL EDUCATION SYSTEM SHOULD BE CONDUCTED TO INCLUDE SUCH ITEMS AS UNIVERSAL EDUCATION AND THE LINKING UP OF SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION AND TERTIARY EDUCATION.

HE SAID HE DID NOT THINK THAT UNIVERSITIES SHOULD CONSIDER THE PROBLEM OF COURSE DURATION ALONE.

+THEY SHOULD CONSIDER AT THE SAME TIME THE POSSIBILITY OF ADOPTING THE CREDIT SYSTEM.

+FOR INSTANCE, IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE USE OF THE SUMMER VACATION TO PICK UP SOME EXTRA CREDITS, SO THAT STUDENTS CAN GRADUATE AT AN EARLIER DATE, HE SAID.

AMONG ALL OTHER MERITS, MR LEE SAID THE CREDIT SYSTEM COULD BE REGULATED TO MEET THE VARYING NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND WORKING ADULTS OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUND.

THE LATTER COULD ALSO ADJUST THEIR PROGRESS ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN CONDITIONS AND WOULD THUS ATTAIN THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT FROM THE SYSTEM.

ON THE MATRICULATION SYSTEM, MR LEE DIRECTED HIS CRITICISM TOWARDS THE EXISTING HONG KONG ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATION.

HE HOPED THE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED, INCLUDING THE HONG KONG EXAMINATION AUTHORITY AND THE UNIVERSITIES, WOULD SERIOUSLY REVIEW THIS PROBLEM AND EFFECT IMPROVEMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

HE SAID HE WAS IN FAVOUR OF THE INTRODUCTION OF A CENTRALISED ADMISSION SYSTEM BASED ON THE RESULTS OF PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS.

/+A CENTRALISED ADMISSION