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dissatisfaction with the present sixth-form

examination arrangements and their impact on the

curriculum, and that the Board of Education had

accordingly appointed a committee to consider

how sixth-form education could be broadened.

The government would give further consideration

to this matter after considering the Committee's

report.]

(xii) private non-profit making schools considered

suitable and willing to be brought by stages

within the full scheme of assistance provided.

under a common Code of Aid;

(xiii) the senior secondary curriculum to be broadened,

(xiv)

with greater emphasis on practical and technical

subjects, and improved facilities and support

services to be provided;

an improved scheme of teacher training to be

introduced: initial training courses to be of three

years' duration for students holding HKCE qualifications

and two years for students with specified Advanced Level

qualifications; ICTT secondary courses to be extended

to three years; ICTT primary course to be discontinued

because of declining demand; levels of assistance for

college of education students to be improved (maximum

maintenance grant to be $2,000 p.a.; maximum interest-

free loan to be $2,400 p.a.); graduate teachers to be

encouraged to undergo a course of professional training;

regular refresher courses to be introduced for trained

teachers; language proficiency and communication skills

to be emphasised in teacher training;

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