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MONDAY, MAY 30, 1988

SPEAKERS AT THE SEMINAR INCLUDED BSI'S DIRECTOR OF AND MARKETING, MR M.J. MANN, AND

INFORMATION RESOURCE'S PROJECT MANAGER, MR

WIDDOWSON.

J.8.

THE INFORMATION UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION

THEIR LECTURES COVERED THE BACKGROUND ΤΟ REVOLUTION AND THE NEED FOR THE MOST TECHNOLOGY IN THE STANDARDS WORLD.

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GOVT ACCEPTS EDUCATION COMMISSION PROPOSALS ON SIXTH FORM

THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED THE

FORM

PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING SIXTH GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

EDUCATION COMMISSION'S

IN HONG KONG,

EDUCATION

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IN THE 1986,

BUT RECEIVED FROM THE THE PUBLICATION

THESE PROPOSALS ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS THOSE MADE COMMISSION'S REPORT NO. 2 WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN SEPTEMBER MODIFIED TO SOME EXTENT IN RESPONSE TO COMMENTS PUBLIC DURING THE CONSULTATION PERIOD WHICH FOLLOWED OF REPORT NO. 2.

VIEW THAT ALL FOLLOWING SECONDARY 5

THE GOVERNMENT HAS ACCEPTED THE COMMISSION'S SIXTH FORM COURSES SHOULD LAST FOR TWO AND SHOULD LEAD TO THE EXISTING ADVANCED (A) LEVEL EXAMINATION.

YEARS

SIXTH FORM COURSES WILL EVENTUALLY BE TYPES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL.

MADE AVAILABLE IN ALL

SCHOOLS, WHICH HAVE COURSE, WILL NOW BE PROGRAMME AND ΤΟ TEACH A

"THIS MEANS THAT THE 'CHINESE MIDDLE' TRADITIONALLY OFFERED A SIX-YEAR SECONDARY ENCOURAGED TO OFFER THE FULL LEVEL COURSES," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

SEVEN-YEAR

TWO-YEAR SIXTH ENROLMENT HAS

"AS SOON AS THESE SCHOOLS HAVE CONVERTED TO A FORM, THE HIGHER (H) LEVEL EXAMINATION, FOR WHICH DROPPED BY OVER TWO-THIRDS SINCE 1984, WILL BE ABOLISHED.'

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SIXTH FORMS WILL ALSO BE EXTENDED TO THE PREVOCATIONAL WHICH AT PRESENT PROVIDES COURSES ONLY UP TO CERTIFICATE OF (HKCE) LEVEL.

SECTOR, EDUCATION

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDISED SIXTH FORM PLACES FOR UP TO ONE-THIRD OF SUBSIDISED SECONDARY 4 PLACES.

WOULD THE

PUPILS

PROVIDE IN

THE NUMBER