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time courses.

33.

The recommendations of the Board of Education's Committee

on Sixth-Form Education, reached after various options had been explored,

are as follows:

(a) The present system of Sixth Form education

should be revised in the interests of greater

simplicity and to reduce the number of nublic

examinations being taken by students.

(b) Greater recognition should be given in Sixth

Form courses to the needs of students to

adapt to life after school and develop a

functional level of competence in communication

skills while retaining a sufficient degree of

specialisation to prepare students adequately

for their intended field of study or occupation.

(c) More attention should be paid to the development

of higher levels of communication skills, both

written and spoken, at the Sixth Form level.

(d) A new subject, language and communication, should

be introduced incorporating studies in both English

and Chinese. The subject should aim at developing

reading and writing skills directly related to the

subjects being studied as well as extending the

students' general communicative ability in both

languages. This should be a compulsory subject

of full Advanced Level status if studied for two

years and of full Higher Level status if studied

for one year.