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Some kind of selection is necessary, as most post secondary education assumes some level of previous attainment and is pitched at a standard which not all students can meet. Therefore
places on these courses should be provided only for a proportion
of the population. It is not the intention to extend free education beyond the basic nine years, though fee remission or grant and loan schemes will protect those who would otherwise
face financial hardship.
1.3 The priority given to primary and junior secondary
education has had the advantage of enabling tangible results to
be achieved in a relatively short period of time, though there have been disadvantages. The expansion of subsidised primary education at a faster pace than secondary education has enabled most of the younger generation in Hong Kong to receive a basic education and to master essential skills of literacy and numeracy,
but it led to severe competition for secondary school places in
the public sector, which has exerted an unhealthy influence on primary school teaching. Furthermore, by concentrating resources on the quantitative expansion of education less has been available for qualitative improvements.
1.4 The current review of senior secondary and tertiary
education has attempted to remedy some of these defects. By putting forward measures for the quantitative expansion of all stages of education beyond the basic course, it aims to reduce the competition for places among suitable students. It also makes proposals for qualitative development.
1.5 The proposals in this White Paper will do much to raise the standard of that part of the education service within its purview. Some of them, in particular the improved courses
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