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Higher Level examination an Arts stream and a Science stream are

provided. All students take Chinese language and literature and

English language, which are compulsory, and generally speaking four

other subjects. In the Science stream faculty requirements demand

three of the four subjects physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics,

so little choice is available. Students in this stream have a chance

of gaining admission to all faculties excent the Arts Faculty. In

the Arts stream a slightly greater variety of combinations is possible,

with most students doing at least one mathematics subject in order to

qualify for admission to the faculties of Business Administration and

Social Science as well as Arts." (Report, naras. 1.12 1.17)

35.

The Sixth Form Report was referred to all the tertiary

institutions and main educational organisations for their initial reactions.

Their comments were then studied within the Education Department and

subsequently submitted to the Board of Education in January 1981 together

with the Director of Education's observations and recommended course of

Briefly summarised, reaction to the Report was as follows:

action.

(a) Broadening of the curriculum The proposals were

clearly supported by the majority but with some

reservations on implementation. The Education

Department shares the majority view that there

is a need to reduce the content of many of the

existing syllabuses and believes this can be

achieved without any reduction in the quality of

university entrants or loss of overseas recognition;

however, the new approach would necessitate the re-

training of sixth-form teachers and the provision of

supplementary teaching materials - a task to be addressed

by new Form Six Subject Committees of the Curriculum

Development Committee (on which there would be strong