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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988

REGARDING A CONCERN THAT AIDED SCHOOLS WOULD LOSE THEIR BEST "ELITE" AND THAT STUDENTS TO DSS SCHOOLS CATERING TO AN INTELLECTUAL

MR RESULT,

BRIDGE THE STATUS OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR WOULD SUFFER AS A

THE SAID IT WAS ARGUABLE THAT COMPETITION FROM

DSS WOULD SPUR THE AIDED SCHOOLS TO RAISE THEIR ALREADY HIGH STANDARDS.

SCHOOLS

BE

TO REFERRING

SUGGESTIONS THAT INTERNATIONAL INCLUDED IN THE SCHEME, TE SAID: "THE IMPLICATIONS OF ADMITTING INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS TO THE DSS MUST BE GIVEN DETAILED CONSIDERATION IF AND WHEN THE SCHEME IS IMPLEMENTED.

FORM PART WOULD BE A FAIRER

OF

"WHETHER OR NOT AIDED AND INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS THE SCHEME, THE COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT THE DSS SYSTEM THAN THE PRESENT ONE."

5+2 SECONDARY SCHOOL STRUCTURE SHOULD STAY

CHANGING THE STRUCTURE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TO 5+1 OR CAUSE TREMENDOUS COMMOTION AND UNCERTAINTY IN THE COMMUNITY, SELINA CHOW TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WENDESDAY}

·

3+3 WILL THE HON

"IT WILL INVOLVE A HUGE EFFORT FOR ALL PARTIES CONCERNED, INCLUDING THE GOVERNMENT, THE TEACHERS AND THE PRINCIPALS," SHE SAID.

AND SPEAKING BOTH AS A PARENT

A PRODUCT OF THE HONG KONG ANY CHANGE ΤΟ EDUCATION SYSTEM, MRS CHOW VOICED STRONG OBJECTION TO THE EXISTING 5+2 YEARS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLING.

MRS CHOW WAS MOVING A MOTION THAT THE COUNCIL

"TAKES NOTE OF THE

COMMISSJON REPORT NO. 3: THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE EDUCATION STRUCTURE OF TERTIARY EDUCATION AND THE FUTURE OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS".

SUPPORTING THE EXISTING SYSTEM, SHE SAID:

"WE

J

HAVE JUST RID HAVE FINALLY PUT SOME PEACE OURSELVES OF THE JSEA, WHICH MEANS WE BACK INTO THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION.

.

SPITE OF NINE YEARS'

SECONDARY SCHOOLING ΤΟ MARK THAT

IN IT IS UNIVERSALLY RECOGNIZED THAT COMPULSORY EDUCATION, THE ACCEPTED COMPLETION OF IS AT FORM 5. THE SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION IS COMPLETION.

MEANT

IN ORDER TO GET ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION IT IS ONLY RIGHT THAT YEARS STUDENTS HAVE TO BE FURTHER PREPARED. HISTORICALLY WE HAVE TWO OF MATRICULATION. OVER 90 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S SCHOOLS HAVE SUCH

+

A

STRUCTURE.

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