TNAG-0473-FCO40-538-Hong-Kong-government-policy-on-education-1974 — Page 121

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ANNEX B TO XCC(74)69A

Language of Instruction

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It is the Government's intention that

Chinese should eventually become the main medium

of instruction in the majority of junior secondary

forms, but this will take a considerable time.

will be necessary to develop text-books in Chinese;

to train teachers who can instruct in Chinese; and

to adopt improved techniques of language teaching in

Chinese. Nevertheless, decisions on the medium of

instruction should, for the foreseeable future, be left

to individual school authorities, who are best

placed to assess the needs of children attending

their schools. It follows that a pupil will take the

new Hong Kong Junior Certificate Examination in the

language of instruction used by his school.

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