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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990

"THE SCHEME IS INTENDED TO DEVELOP A THRIVING WILL THEN PARENTS PRIVATE SECTOR IN EDUCATION. ALTERNATIVE ΤΟ WHAT IS OFFERED BY THE PUBLIC SECTOR,"

SAID.

AND INNOVATIVE VIABLE HAVE A

THE GOVERNOR

GO PAR

PROBLEMS

HOWEVER, THE GOVERNOR SAID THESE IMPROVEMENTS DID NOT ENOUGH AND THERE WERE STILL SOME COMPLEX AND CONTROVERSIAL WHICH WE WOULD HAVE TO TACKLE WITH IMAGINATION AND DETERMINATION.

ALL

WEAKNESSES OF "THE TIME HAS COME TO REVIEW THE STRENGTHS AND OUR BASIC CURRICULUM, AND TO DECIDE WHETHER IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN.

SYSTEM WHICH ESTABLISHES

"WE MUST LOOK AT HOW TO DEVELOP A TARGETS FOR STUDENTS AND THEN TESTS HOW WELL THEY AND HAVE DONE IN MEETING THESE GOALS,

**WE

THEIR SCHOOLS

IN

MUST FACE UP TO THE HOTLY-DEBATED QUESTION OF LANGUAGE EDUCATION AND DECIDE WHAT IS THE RIGHT ANSWER NOW FOR THIS COMMUNITY, SIR DAVID SAID.

HE

SAID ALL

ISSUES WOULD BE

DEALT THESE EDUCATION COMMISSION'S FOURTH REPORT, WHICH WAS DUE TO NEXT MONTH.

WITH

BY THE BE PUBLISHED

THE DECISIONS

"THERE WILL THEN BE A CHANCE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE TAKE AFTER THAT WILL BE CRUCIAL IN DETERMINING THE QUALITY OF THE EDUCATION IN OUR SCHOOLS IN THE 1990S," HE SAID.

END

NOTING THAT A GOOD EDUCATION REMAINED ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPIRATIONS OF EVERY HONG KONG FAMILY, THE GOVERNOR SAID. BY THE OF THE CENTURY, ALL PARENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO SEND THEIR PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHICH PROVIDED A MODERN FACILITIES AND WELL-TRAINED AND MOTIVATED TEACHERS.

CHILDREN то RELEVANT CURRICULUM,

"THERE WILL BE A GREATER VARIETY OF SCHOOLS TO INCLUDING PRIVATE SCHOOLS OFFERING THEIR OWN CURRICULA.

CHOOSE FROM,

BE

"FOR THOSE WITH THE INCLINATION AND THE ABILITY, THERE WILL

VOCATIONAL TRAINING THE

OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON TO HIGHER EDUCATION OR

WILL BE DIRECTLY WITHIN HONG

EDUCATION THEY RECEIVE RELEVANT TO THE NEEDS OF THE ECONOMY.

KONG. THE

LIKE

EDUCATION,

OPPORTUNITY FOR SELF-

"AND, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BENEFITTED FROM HIGHER WHO WISH TO UPDATE THEIR SKILLS, THERE WILL BE ORGANISATIONS

OPEN LEARNING INSTITUTE TO PROVIDE THE IMPROVEMENT, THE GOVERNOR SAID.

OR

THE

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