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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988

"THE 5+2

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IN

FORMS

ALREADY

PLACE, RECOGNITION RECEIVE ARE

THIS

THE

AT

VERY

CERTIFICATE INTERNATIONALLY,

MOMENT

BEING

IS SYSTEM EXAMINATION AND THE A LEVEL DO

AND IMPROVEMENTS

TO

IMPLEMENTED," SHE SAID.

SIXTH

THERE WERE INSUFFICIENT

ΤΟ GROUNDS

ALTER THE STRUCTURE OF то TAKE

SECONDARY EDUCATION IN ORDER TO ENABLE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN STUDENTS AT FORM 6, SHE ADDED.

MRS FAN ALSO SAID THE EDUCATION COMMISSION HAD IDENTIFIED THE STUDENTS NEEDED.

WHAT

BROADER GENERAL

THEIR NEEDS INCLUDED BETTER LANGUAGE ABILITY, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITY TO THINK ANALYTICALLY AND INDEPENDENTLY.

SHE BELIEVED THAT THE IMPROVED TWO-YEAR INTEGRATED COULD MEET THE NEEDS.

ABOLITION OF THE SIXTH FORM WAS NOT THE ANSWER.

SIXTH FORM

SUFFICIENT JUSTIFICATION SHE ALSO BELIEVED THAT THERE WERE NO FOR UNIVERSITY TO TAKE OVER FORM 7 FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS BY PROVIDING THE FOUNDATION YEAR.

WAS

DEGREE COURSE, MRS FAN TURNING TO ARGUMENTS FOR A FOUR-YEAR SAID THERE WAS NO PROOF THAT FOUR YEARS OF EDUCATION POST-FORM BETTER OR WORSE THAN THREE YEARS OF EDUCATION POST-FORM 7.

QUALITY OF A THE NON-UNIVERSITY

THERE WAS, HOWEVER, OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE THAT THE THREE-YEAR DEGREE AT POST-FORM 7 LEVEL OFFERED BY INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG DID REACH THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARD.

LARGE NUMBER OF THEM WHO WILL HAVE THE

"PRIORITY CONSIDERATION MUST BE GIVEN TO THE STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND THOSE OF OPPORTUNITY TO BE OFFERED A DEGREE PLACE," SHE SAID.

COMMISSION EDUCATION

ON

TERTIARY

THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STRUCTURE SHOULD BE ACCEPTED, SHE SAID.

FOR QUALIFIED STUDENTS NEEDS OF INDUSTRY, SCHOOLS TO DO THEIR

THIS WOULD PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDY A DEGREE COURSE, CATER FOR THE MANPOWER COMMERCE AND THE SERVICES, AND ALLOW SECONDARY JOB PROPERLY IN, A STABLE STRUCTURE WITHOUT UNNECESSARY DISRUPTION.

SCHOOLS,

MRS FAN SAID THE DIRECT ON THE FUTURE OF PRIVATE

EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT SUBSIDY SCHEME (DSS) AS PROPOSED IN THE

AS TO WHICH SCHOOL

CHILDREN THEIR WOULD GIVE PARENTS MORE CHOICE SHOULD ENROL IN.

"WHAT IS PROPOSED IN THE DSS IS NOT ELITISM BUT SIMPLY A LITTLE BIT MORE SAY FOR THE PARENTS,

NOR RETROGRESSION SHE SAID.

/THE DSS

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