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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1994

INFORMATION ON SCHOOLS' MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION

AVAILABLE SOON

THE

EDUCATION

* * * * *

DEPARTMENT

WILL

PROVIDE

PARENTS

WITH

FULL AS

INFORMATION ON THE LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY OF THEIR CHILDREN AS WELL THE TEACHING MEDIUM OFFERED BY EACH SECONDARY SCHOOL TO ASSIST THEM IN THEIR CHOICE OF SCHOOLS NEXT MONTH.

MR THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MICHAEL LEUNG, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG MAN- KWONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

WERE ASKED

IN THE MR LEUNG SAID ALL 392 SECONDARY SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING

PLACES ALLOCATION

BY SECONDARY SCHOOL

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT LAST DECEMBER TO CHOOSE A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION BEST SUITED TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES FOR USE IN 1994/95.

IN RESPONSE, 111 SCHOOLS CHOSE ENGLISH AND 112 EXCEPT CULTURAL AND PRACTICAL SUBJECTS.

CHOSE ENGLISH

CHINESE AND

THREE

OF THE REST, 52 SCHOOLS CHOSE CHINESE, 14 CHOSE ENGLISH BY CLASS, 100 CHOSE CHINESE AND ENGLISH BY SUBJECT, AND CHOSE CHINESE AND ENGLISH BY CLASS AND BY SUBJECT.

ΤΟ

ASCERTAIN

USE

THE CONDUCT

CHOSEN SCHOOL

WHETHER THESE SCHOOLS ACTUALLY MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL INSPECTIONS AND INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS BY PARENTS AND STUDENTS.

"SCHOOLS

WHICH ULTIMATELY FAIL TO IMPLEMENT CONSISTENT TEACHING MEDIUM WILL BE PROVIDED WITH FIRM LEUNG SAID.

A

RATIONAL AND GUIDANCE, MR

++

AS

THE

4, THERE ENVISAGED IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO.

BETWEEN MISMATCH WILL BE A TRANSITIONAL STAGE INVOLVING SOME NUMBER OF PLACES IN SCHOOLS CHOOSING TO USE CHINESE AND THE NUMBER

THE DURING STUDENTS WISHING TO STUDY THROUGH THAT MEDIUM, INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW POLICY.

THIS MISMATCH, THOUGH UNDESIRABLE, IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT GOES ON IN SCHOOLS NOW.

OF

INITIAL

REPRESENTS ALREADY

AN

"THE

OF THIS MISMATCH WILL BE REDUCED EXTENT ULTIMATELY AS PARENTS AND SCHOOLS ADJUST TO THE NEW REALITIES, THE LIGHT OF GUIDANCE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT TO THE LEUNG ADDED.

AND

ELIMINATED AND IN

SCHOOLS," MR

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