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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1990

"TO THIS END WE NEED TO ACHIEVE INTO THE SIXTH FORM,

A 33 PER CENT PULL-THROUGH

HE SAID.

¦

SCHOOLS,

CRITERIA FOR SITTING A-LEVELS, THE HIGHLY SELECTIVE ADOPTED BY MANY CANDIDATES APPLYING SCHOOL.

SUCCESSFULLY

AND THE

FOR

MR YEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE MAIN REASONS FOR UNDER-ENROLMENT COULD BE TRACED

THE TREND OF TO UNNECESSARILY RESTRICTIVE ENTRY

ADMISSION

POLICY QUALIFIED

PRACTICE OF

ADMISSION TO

WELL

MORE THAN ONE

EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT HAS

"TO OVERCOME THESE PROBLEMS THE RECENTLY FORMULATED A PACKAGE OF PROPOSALS.

"THIS INCLUDES LOWERING THE ENTRY A-LEVEL EXAMINATIONS (WHICH IS JUSTIFIED NOW THAT THE BROADENED

REQUIREMENTS FOR SITTING FORM CURRICULUM IS

SIXTH NO LONGER INTENDED REDUCING

ONLY FOR THE

MATRICULATION); LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY OF PARTICULARLY IN THE SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (WHICH

A-LEVEL EXAMINATIONS, HAVING A DIFFICULTY LEVEL TWO GRADES ABOVE EQUIVALENT A-LEVELS IN

ARE ACCEPTED AS UK)," HE SAID.

THE

OTHER PROPOSALS INCLUDED ASKING SCHOOLS SECONDARY 6 PLACES, BY ADOPTING A FIVE-STAGE ADMISSION PROCEDURE;

TO FILL ALL THEIR ENCOURAGING SCHOOLS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OR WHICH WERE

AND SPONSOR TO SPECIALISE,

UNDER THE SAME AND TO CO-OPERATE EXCHANGING STUDENTS FOR VARIOUS SUBJECTS.

WITH EACH OTHER BY

VARIOUS AND IT WAS

MR YEUNG SAID THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY AND SCHOOLS COUNCILS WERE BEING CONSULTED ON THESE MEASURES, HOPED TO INTRODUCE THEM STARTING FROM SEPTEMBER 1991.

CHILDREN TO SCHOOL IN DISTRICT THEY LIVE: YEUNG SAYS

ΤΟ

IT

IT IS GOVERNMENT'S POLICY TO ALLOCATE PRIMARY SCHOOL PLACES SCHOOL CHILDREN WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THEY LIVE, YET IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE IN PRACTICE TO GUARANTEE TRAVEL BEYOND 400 METRES TO GET TO SCHOOL.

THAT NO CHILD WILL

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR THE HON K.Y. YEUNG, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON DAVID CHEUNG

EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN

IN THE

TRAVEL

AS A PLANNING GUIDELINE, MR YEUNG SAID PRIMARY SCHOOLS PUBLIC SECTOR SHOULD PREFERABLY BE RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO ENSURE THAT YOUNG CHILDREN DO NOT HAVE TO

LOCATED WITHIN 400 METRES OF EXCESSIVE DISTANCES TO GET TO SCHOOL.

"I MUST EMPHASISE, HOWEVER, THAT THIS IS A PLANNING AND NOT THE POLICY ITSELF, HE SAID.

GUIDELINE,

/REFERRING TO