Survey on implementation of new sixth form curriculum
A survey revealed that the new sixth form curriculum was most warmly received by the students and least by teachers.
On the other hand, the principals requested that more support should be given to schools.
The new sixth form curriculum with 22 revised Advanced Level (AL) and 18 newly-created Advanced Supplementary (AS) Level was introduced in 1992 as recommended by Education Commission Report No 2.
A working group was set up by the Education Department to carry out a research project to find out to what extent schools would introduce the new AS subjects and what problems schools might have in adopting the new curriculum.
Two identical questionnaires were sent to principals, teachers and students in October 1992 and in October 1993 respectively in order to collect their views on the curriculum.
The findings showed that there was a tendency for schools to offer more AS level subjects in 1993/94 school year than in 1992/93.
The biggest difficulty expressed by principals was the deployment of suitable teachers among
the existing teaching staff to teach the AL and AS subjects.
On the other hand, teachers were concerned about the readiness of tertiary institutions to accept some subjects as for fulfilment of admission requirements.
The depth of syllabuses to be taught, the availability of suitable textbooks and the way to match students' academic standard were perceived as the major difficulties by teachers.
The lack of understanding about the contents of the AS subjects chosen was a common difficulty faced by students taking the new curriculum.
Addressing these concerns, respondents proposed that there should be more
teachers for split-class teaching and teacher training.
They pointed out that more resources should be provided to schools.
Clarification of admission requirements by tertiary institution was also regarded as an important matter.
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