of discipline in schools with a narrow age structure. It is therefore intended that, so far as possible, each secondary school should provide five years of secondary education, in a junior secondary course covering Forms I to III, and a senior secondary course for Forms IV and V. All new secondary schools should be constructed with these require- ments in mind.
2.5 In junior secondary forms, all pupils should follow the same. general curriculum, of which between 25% and 30% would be allocated to practical and technical subjects. The junior secondary curriculum will be designed to foster a liking for practical subjects, and it will be left to the discretion of individual schools to increase the proportion of time devoted to them. Schools will also be encouraged to ensure that junior secondary pupils participate in cultural activities (such as art and music) and in physical education.
2.6 The means by which sufficient junior secondary form places for every child can be provided as rapidly as possible are outlined in Chapter 3. When there are sufficient subsidized junior secondary places available to provide for every child completing six years of primary education, the existing Secondary School Entrance Examination, which is the method now used to select pupils for subsidized secondary education, will no longer be necessary and can be abolished.
2.7 With the abolition of the Secondary School Entrance Examina- tion, an alternative system will have to be devised to regulate the flow of students from primary to junior secondary schools. As far as possible, a secondary school will take its pupils from primary schools in the same area. It will be the responsibility of each school to select its pupils under the general supervision of the Education Department, which will co-ordinate the placing of children for whom school places are not available near their homes. A secondary school will be encouraged to avoid elitist admission policies and to accept pupils of all levels of ability. It should seek advice on a pupil's abilities from the head of his primary school and will be discouraged from setting its own private entrance examination. However, a secondary school which also runs a linked primary school will be allowed to give preference to pupils from the latter.
Senior secondary forms
2.8 After completing the three years junior secondary course, children selected by means of a new public examination in Form III
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