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in conjunction with many other and unrelated factors it has brought to
a head realisation both of new requirements in our education, and of
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the new strains that are being placed on schools by having to deal with
pupils of a much wider spread of ability and including a small minority
reluctant to be in school at all. These problems must be faced and I
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will come back to them.
Senior Secondary Education
66.
This
Universal junior secondary education has brought with it
increased demand and competition for places in forms IV and V. Here
too there has been dramatic change. In 1971 the 19,000 subsidised
places in Form IV catered for only 20% of the 15 year age-group.
year over 57,000 places will cover 60%, and, on current plans, by the
mid 80's the percentage will have increased to 70%. Taken together
with other forms of education (in the technical institutes for instance)
90% of that age group will be catered for at that time. As more senior
secondary places become available, the significance of the Junior
Secondary Education Assessment and the pressures associated with it will
fade.
Problems in Secondary Education
67.
The problems I have referred to in the secondary stream cover
a field stretching from inadequate knowledge of Chinese and English to
indiscipline and even delinquency. Your Government is endeavouring to
overcome these problems. As you know it has been decided to set up an
Institute of Language in Education and the feasibility of establishing
a Chinese Language Foundation is being studied.
Syllabuses are being
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