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(As explained later in chapter 8 it is hoped in this connection
to launch a pilot project by which a fully-equipped Practical
Education Centre would provide shared facilities for neighbourhood
schools wishing to offer practical subjects but lacking the space
or facilities to do so.) This is in keeping with the aim that all
children should follow a broadly similar course of junior secondary
education comprising, within flexible limits, a balanced blend of
academic, practical and cultural subjects. For various reasons
many schools are not yet able to achieve this balance. Technical
schools are able to give additional stress to practical subjects
within the standard course because special rooms and facilities for
these subjects were provided when their premises were built.
Similarly, prevocational schools are able to devote about 40
cent of the curriculum to practical and technical education.
Appendix Q shows the standard subjects of the school curriculum
for each type and level, together with the appropriate time allocation
recommended by the Department.
2.20
G
45 per
There is a small number of private schools in Hong Kong
providing education for overseas children temporarily resident in
Hong Kong or having close affiliations with particular national
systems of education (e.g. Japanese, French, German, United States),
or whose parents prefer such education for their children and are
willing to pay the relatively high tuition fees charged if their
children are accepted for admission. No further account is taken
of these schools in this report.
2.21
Sixth-form education
As is suggested in paragraph 2.17 above,
one of the reasons for the apparent reluctance of the Anglo-Chinese
secondary schools to move towards Chinese as the language of instruction
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