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The Board accordingly submitted a Report which was tabled as a

Green Paper in the Legislative Council on 31st October 1973, and

published in order that the general public would have an opportunity

to comment on its recommendations.

13.

The recommendations of the Board were as follows:

(i)

(ii)

Every effort should be made to minimize the deleterious

effects that public examinations have on pupils and

their study programmes in secondary schools.

Chinese should become the usual medium of instruction

in lower forms of secondary schools; every effort

should be made to develop good textbooks for all

subjects written in Chinese, to train teachers

capable of instructing through the medium of

Chinese and to adopt improved techniques of language

teaching for both Chinese and English.

(iii) The early years of secondary education should be

based on a common core of instruction, irrespective

of the type of school.

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

Approximately one-fifth of the 3-year places should

be in prevocational schools, and approximately

one-third of the 5-year places should be in

secondary technical schools.

As an interim measure, sufficient 3-year places for

80% of the 12-14 age-group, and sufficient 5-year places

for 36% of the 12-16 age-group, should be provided by

1981.

The ultimate aim of providing sufficient 3-year school

places, with government assistance for 100% of the 12-14

age-group, and sufficient 5-year school places, leading

to a Certificate of Education, in government and fully-

aided secondary school.for 40% of the 12-16 age-group,

must be retained.

TURKIN