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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29. 1991

OBJECTIVES OF PROVIDING

THESE

2.

ARE

INDIVIDUALS;

THE MR CHAN POINTED OUT THAT COURSES, AS SPECIFIED IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BALANCED, WELL-INFORMED PREPARE STUDENTS FOR POST-SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION; DEVELOP IN ALL STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY IN BOTH LANGUAGES; AND PREPARE STUDENTS FOR ADULT LIFE.

OF SIXTH PREPARE SUB-DEGREE

CURRICULUM "IT IS AGAINST THESE OBJECTIVES THAT THE BEEN

то DESIGNED FORM COURSES IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS HAS STUDENTS FOR FULL-TIME TECHNOLOGICAL STUDIES TO DEGREE OR LEVELS IN THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, OR THE ACQUISITION OF

WAY PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS BY

OF ON-THE-JOB STUDIES, OR FOR EMPLOYMENT, HE NOTED.

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THE SECRETARY ALSO SPOKE OF THE GOVERNMENT'S HEAVY INVESTMENT OF IMPORTANT IN PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION WHICH HAS UNDERGONE A NUMBER CHANGES SINCE IT WAS INTRODUCED IN 1970.

FROM ITS ORIGINAL PHILOSOPHY OF PROVIDING THREE-YEAR SCHOOL VOCATIONALLY ORIENTATED JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION TO PRIMARY

WAS LEAVERS, PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION

EXTENDED IN 1981 TO SENIOR HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY LEVEL LEADING TO THE

EDUCATION EXAMINATION AND THE PRODUCTION OF A NEW PREVOCATIONAL

SUIT.

CURRICULUM

TO

THIS ENABLED FORM 5 LEAVERS TO ENTER TECHNICIAN LEVEL COURSES AT TECHNICAL

INSTITUTES.

MR CHAN BELIEVED THAT THE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS HAVE A MISSION DIRECTION IN TO GIVE CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT SO ACADEMICALLY INCLINED A LIFE AND TO HELP THEM TO BE USEFUL CONTRIBUTORS TO SOCIETY.

"WE MUST KEEP PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO PERFORM THE ROLE FOR WHICH THEY ARE INTENDED.

THAT PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS

"THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT NOW ARE EXPANDING TO INCLUDE SIXTH FORMS," HE ADDED.

EDUCATION SYSTEM WILL MEET CHALLENGES OF FUTURE

MR LI

POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES ARE PROCEEDING AT A RAPID PACE IN HONG KONG, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION,

YUET-TING, SAID THIS (FRIDAY) EVENING.

AS HONG KONG MOVED TOWARDS FULLER REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, AS THE ECONOMY CONTINUED TO TRANSFORM, AS THE INFLUENCE OF ON WORK AND LIFE STYLE CONTINUED TO GROW AND AS SOCIAL VALUES ALSO CONTINUED TO EVOLVE, MR LI SAID:

TECHNOLOGY

AND

MORAL

/"WE MUST