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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1989

ENDORSED

THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO

THE WORKING GROUP'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE INTERMEDIATE LEVEL. I-LEVEL; } COURSES SHOULD BE RENAMED AS ADVANCED SUPPLEMENTARY LEVEL, AS-LEVEL) COURSES.

COURSES SUCH

ARE NO LONGER "INTERMEDIATE" AS THEY WERE INTENDED TO BE IN THE ORIGINAL EDUCATION COMMISSION'S

AS PROPOSAL, YEARS OF THE EXAMINATION IS NOW TO BE TAKEN AFTER TWO

STUDY RATHER

THAN AFTER ONE.

KINGDOM,

WHICH

TO THE ARE

IN ADDITION, THESE COURSES ARE CONCEPTUALLY VERY CLOSE AS-LEVEL COURSES NOW BEING OFFERED IN THE UNITED INCREASINGLY WELL KNOWN AND ACCEPTED OVERSEAS,

BE WOULD

MADE HELD IN

THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT AS-LEVEL COURSES AVAILABLE IN 1992, WITH THE FIRST AS-LEVEL EXAMINATION BEING 1994.

A NEW

A INTRODUCED AS

CORE APPROACH WILL VARIETY OF TOPICS

"TO ENSURE THE BROADENING OF THE SIXTH FORM CURRICULUM,

STUDIES, AS-LEVEL SUBJECT. LIBERAL

WILL BE SUBJECT IN THE SIXTH FORM CURRICULUM. A ADOPTED IN SYLLABUS DESIGN TO GIVE SCHOOLS CHOOSE FROM.

MODULAR

A

BE

ΤΟ

"TWO ADDITIONAL AS-LEVEL SUBJECTS, NAMELY, USE OF ENGLISH BB CORE SUBJECTS IN CHINESE LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, ARE ALSO TO

SKILLS SIXTH FORM CURRICULUM. THE AIM IS TO IMPROVE THE SIXTH FORM STUDENTS, HE ADDED.

AND

THE

LANGUAGE

OF

VARIOUS MEASURES HAVE ALREADY BREN TAKEN TO ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SIXTH FORM POLICY.

THE

SMOOTH

COMMITTEE HAS EMBARKED REFERENCE BOOKS WRITTEN HANDBOOKS WITH

COURSES; AND

IN THIS REGARD, THE CHINESE TEXTBOOKS ON A PROGRAMME OF IDENTIFYING AND REVIEWING IN CHINESE SUITABLE FOR USE IN A-LEVEL TECHNICAL TERMS IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH FOR VARIOUS SUBJECTS USE OF TEACHERS TAUGHT IN THE SIXTH FORM HAVE BEEN PRODUCED FOR THE AND WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION BY SCHOOLS SHORTLY.

AND THE HONG IN ADDITION, THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

11AVE KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY

ENDORSED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NUMBER OF NEW SUBJECT COMMITTEES AT THE SIXTH FORM

BOTH LEVEL. THE REQUIRED THESE AND EXISTING SUBJECT COMMITTEES WILL BE PREPARING SYLLABUSES,

EVERY EFFORT WOULD BE THE SPOKESMAN STRESSED THAT ENSURE THAT THE TIMETABLE FOR THE CHANGES RECOMMENDED BY THE GROUP WILL BE ADHERED TO.

MADE ΤΟ WORKING

THE

SHOULD NEEDS

"SCHOOL AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT, IN CONSIDERING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THEIR SCHOOLS, THEY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THEIR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING THE AND ABILITIES OF THEIR SIX-FORM STUDENTS.

"THEY SHOULD FEEL FREE TO CONSULT THE RELEVANT SECTIONS OF

HE SAID, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE.

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