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WORK AND EXPLAIN

MIXED-CODE IS THE PRACTICE WHERE TEXTBOOKS, WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS ARE IN ONE LANGUAGE BUT TEACHERS USE ANOTHER TO LESSON MATERIAL TO STUDENTS OR TO CONDUCT DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.

COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT WHILST STUDENTS CAN LEARN IN THEIR MOTHER TONGUE, THOSE WHO HAVE THE PROVEN ABILITY EFFECTIVELY IN ENGLISH SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO so.

BETTER

ΤΟ LEARN

FOR HONG KONG TO MAINTAIN HER INTERNATIONAL POSITION, WE NEED ΤΟ PRODUCE ENOUGH WELL-EDUCATED PEOPLE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE ENGLISH AND CHINESE. THE COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT ITS FRAMEWORK ENSURE THAT THE NEED FOR USERS OF BOTH LANGUAGES IS MET.

WILL

IN

WILL

FOR

THE

THE FRAMEWORK

IN THE REPORT RECOMMENDED

PROVIDES GROUPING OF STUDENTS IN TERMS OF THEIR ABILITY TO LEARN IN ENGLISH CHINESE AS DETERMINED THROUGH OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENTS AT PRIMARY 6.

OF

OR

MEDIUM THREE

THE FRAMEWORK ALSO PROVIDES FOR SCHOOLS TO CHOOSE THEIR INSTRUCTION. STARTING IN 1991-92, SCHOOLS MAY ADOPT ONE OF

THE SECOND IS TO USE ENGLISH. OPTIONS. THE FIRST IS TO USE CHINESE.

A THE THIRD

CHINESE IS TO OPERATE AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE GROUPING AND LANGUAGE GROUPING IN THE SAME SCHOOL.

IN

INFORMATION

1994-95, SCHOOLS WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE THE TARGET RELATED ASSESSMENTS AT PRIMARY 6 TO FIND OUT WHETHER HAVE CHOSEN THE APPROPRIATE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION OR PROPORTION CLASSES IN EACH MEDIUM TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THEIR STUDENTS.

FROM

THEY

OF

STUDENTS

WILL BE ALLOCATED THEIR PLACES FOR SECONDARY THROUGH THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION. USING THE INFORMATION SELECT PROVIDED BY THE PRIMARY 6 ASSESSMENTS, PARENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SCHOOLS BEST SUITED FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

SCHOOLS

IN 1989 THE GOVERNMENT DECIDED THAT MIXED MODE SCHOOLING SHOULD PRIMARY BE INTRODUCED. UNDER THIS SYSTEM, STUDENTS FROM PRIMARY 1 TO

4 ATTEND SCHOOL FOR HALF A DAY AND STUDENTS AT PRIMARY 5 AND PRIMARY 6 LEVELS ATTEND SCHOOL FOR THE WHOLE DAY,

ADVICE ON THE BEST MEANS TO

IMPLEMENT THIS SOUGHT BY THE GOVERNMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS REPORT. RECOMMENDED THAT SUCH SCHOOLING BE IMPLEMENTED FROM

THE COMMISSION'S

WAS POLICY THE COMMISSION 1992.

WILL IT

BE NECESSARY TO BUILD 33 NEW SCHOOLS AND TO PROVIDE JUST OVER 700 ADDITIONAL TEACHERS TO IMPLEMENT MIXED MODE SCHOOLING.

8,

THEREFORE,

OF

OTHER THE

THE COMMISSION RECOGNISES THAT DESPITE THE LACK OF EVIDENCE SYSTEMATIC PENETRATION OF SCHOOLS BY TRIAD SOCIETIES, THERE ARE ACTIVITIES. NON-TRIAD

IN CHAPTER RELATED GANG COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT THE POLICE AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WHETHER SHOULD MAKE EFFORTS TO COMBAT ALL GANG ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS TRIAD RELATED OR NOT.

THE COMMISSION

SCHOOLS BE ABOLISHED.

ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT CORPORAL

PUNISHMENT IN

/IN THE