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School assessments of the first year's work

should be provided, and there should be a

formal examination in Language and Communication

conducted by the Hong Kong Examinations Authority.

Changes in the curriculum and their method of

introduction should take into account the need

to satisfy the essential requirements of tertiary

institutions in Hong Kong and to a lesser extent

overseas, the need to train teachers before

implementation, the resources of the Examinations

Authority to assess the curriculum, and the need

to provide the necessary resources for schools

to implement the curriculum and any internal

assessments of students' work.

(m) The Sixth Form curriculum and teaching syllabus

should be the responsibility of the Curriculum

Development Committee, the subject committees of

which will need substantial representation from

tertiary institutions.

There should continue

to be a dual system of syllabuses, i.e. teaching

and examination syllabuses, to cover the curriculum and therefore examination subject committees will

still be required.

(n) The role of the Examinations Authority will

include preparing examination syllabuses based

on the teaching syllabuses, and to facilitate this the Examination Subject Committees should

have substantial common membership with the