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FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1990

HE NOTED THAT THE PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS SET BY THE HONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY HAD TO A CONSIDERABLE EXTENT DICTATED THE AND CONTENT OF SCHOOLS' CURRICULUM.

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"IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THIS INFLUENCE BE KEPT IN СНЕСК, TO PREVENT THE DANGERS OF AN EXAMINATION DOMINATED CURRICULUM, HE SAID.

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ANOTHER PROBLEM THE COMMISSION WAS LOOKING AT WAS THE ABSENCE OF A CLEAR DELINEATION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CURRICULUM MATTERS BETWEEN THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT (IN PRACTICE, THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH AND THE EDUCATION COMMISSION) AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT (IN PRACTICE, ITS ADVISORY BODIES, THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION).

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"IN MY VIEW ONE WAY TO CLARIFY THIS RELATIONSHIP IS TO TWO CLEARLY DEFINED LEVELS OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CURRICULUM MATTERS THE POLICY MAKING LEVEL AND THE IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL, HE SAID.

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"THE POLICY MAKING LEVEL, REPRESENTED BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER AND THE EDUCATION COMMISSION, SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LAYING DOWN THE BASIC AIMS FOR EDUCATION DIFFERENT LEVELS.

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"IT SHOULD ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM SETTING ATTAINMENT TARGETS FOR ACHIEVEMENT AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF EDUCATION, ENSURING THAT THE SYSTEM WORKS, AND ENSURING THAT APPROPRIATE CURRICULA ARE DEVELOPED AND MAINTAINED.'

THE IMPLEMENTATION LEVEL

REPRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION - SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR UNDERTAKING THOSE ACTIVITIES REQUIRED FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF CURRICULUM POLICY.

HE SAID THE EDUCATION COMMISSION WAS ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE TO MAKE SPRCIAL PROVISION FOR ACADEMICALLY GIFTED CHILDREN, AND, AT THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM, SPECIAL PROGRAMMES FOR THE ACADEMICALLY DISINCLINED.

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I AM CONFIDENT IT WILL COME OUT WITH MEANINGFUL AND FAR REACHING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL DETERMINE THE SHAPE AND QUALITY EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS IN THE 1990S, HE SAID.

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HK COUNCIL FOR ACADEMIC ACCREDITATION ESTABLISHED

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THE HONG KONG COUNCIL FOR ACADEMIC ACCREDITATION (HKCAA) CAME INTO OPERATION ON JUNE 8, 1990.

"ONE OF THE HKCAA'S MAIN PURPOSES IS TO ENSURE THAT HONG KONG DEGREES ARE COMPARABLE WITH THE BEST WORLD-WIDE," THE COUNCIL'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MR ALLAN SENSICLE, SAID.

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