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FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1993

FIELDS.

OPPORTUNITIES

THE EQUAL

IT ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH WHETHER, IN VIEW OF THE AVAILABLE, WOMEN AND MEN PARTICIPATE EQUALLY IN ALL DOCUMENT ALSO SETS OUT SOME POSSIBLE MEASURES ΤΟ FOSTER OPPORTUNITIES.

IS YEAR.

AFTER EXPECTED

PUBLICATION OF THE GREEN PAPER, THE CONSULTATION TO TAKE FOUR MONTHS AND WILL LAST UNTIL THE END

OF

PERIOD THE

THREE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS GRANTED SELF-ACCREDITATION STATUS

THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO ALLOW THREE LOCAL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCREDITING THEIR OWN DEGREE COURSES, SUBJECT TO PERIODIC EXTERNAL REVIEWS OF THEIR QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESSES BY THE UNIVERSITY AND POLYTECHNIC GRANTS COMMITTEE (UPGC).

THE INSTITUTIONS ARE THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC (HKP), THE CITY POLYTECHNIC OF HONG KONG (CPHK) AND THE HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE (HKBC).

ANNOUNCING THIS TODAY (FRIDAY), A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION AND MANPOWER BRANCH SAID THIS FOLLOWED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE THREE PANELS SET UP BY UPGC IN MAY LAST YEAR то CARRY OUT INSTITUTIONAL REVIEWS OF THESE INSTITUTIONS IN JANUARY 1993.

**THE PANELS HAVE REPORTED FAVOURABLE ASSESSMENTS IN TERMS OF THEIR OVERALL INSTITUTIONAL PERFORMANCE, CULTURE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE, INTERNAL ACADEMIC QUALITY ASSURANCE SYSTEMS, AND INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAIÐ.

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"THE PANELS' RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE HKP, THE CPHK AND THE HKBC SHOULD BE GRANTED SELF-ACCREDITATION STATUS WERE ENDORSED BY THE UPGC AT ITS APRIL MEETING THIS YEAR.

DETAILED

ARRANGEMENT AND TIMING OF IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE WORKED OUT BY THE UPGC AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED.

THE SPOKESMAN ALSO SAID THE UPGC WOULD UNDERTAKE, AT FIVE- YEARLY INTERVALS, EXTERNAL REVIEWS OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROCESSES, ATTITUDES AND PERFORMANCES AT ALL THE UPGC- FUNDED INSTITUTIONS.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO REVIEWS OF SPECIFIC SUBJECT AREAS CONDUCTED BY THE UPGC REGULARLY.

"THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ENSURE THAT SOUND AND EFFECTIVE QUALITY ASSURANCE AND IMPROVEMENT MECHANISMS ARE IN PLACE IN ALL UNIVERSITIES AND UPGC-FUNDED NON-UNIVERSITY TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, HE SAID.

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