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children selected to continue beyond Form III should be permit-
ted to do so in the senior section of the same school, and
the allocation procedure will be so designed.
2.11
Prevocational Schools and technical education
Existing prevocational schools, and those already
planned or under construction, will continue as such for
as long as they attract pupils. They will be allowed to
accept children living anywhere in Hong Kong, and will not
be restricted to drawing pupils from any particular geographical area. Although some parents wish their children
to receive the type of education offered by prevocational
schools, it appears that public support is more limited
than was previously thought.
2.12
As already mentioned in paragraph 2.5, practical
subjects will be included in the common curriculum of the junior secondary course, as far as facilities in schools permit. The curriculum for the two year senior technical course in senior secondary technical schools will be revised in order to give more emphasis to technical subjects, to ensure that pupils reach adequate standards in these subjects in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination taken
in Form V.
2.13
Language of Instruction
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. It will be necessary to develop text-
books in Chinese; to train teachers who can instruct in Chinese; and to adopt improved techniques of language
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