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tertiary representation).

Because of general

reservations about the feasibility of the

proposed method of broadening the curriculum

the Subject Committees would investigate its

applicability to each subject and if necessary

suggest alternative methods of achieving greater

awareness among students of the wider implications

of their studies.

(b) Introduction of 'Language and Communication'

While

there was general agreement on the need to improve

communication skills in both languages at this level

there was some doubt as to whether the new subject

as conceived in the Report would achieve the improvement.

The Education Department supports the concept but recommends

that a special committee should be set up under the CDC

to design an appropriate syllabus.

(c) A credit unit system This gained little support, the

main criticisms being that the division of subjects into

smaller units would destroy the study-habits considered

most valuable at this level, that the units could not be

examined satisfactorily and that the system would be too

complicated to operate. The Education Department agrees,

and whilst not discouraging experimentation, believes it

would be unwise to introduce a widespread credit-unit

system in the foreseeable future,

(d) Teacher assessments There was strong opposition on the grounds

of subjectivity of assessment and consequent injustice. The

Education Department endorses the view and recommends that

no further consideration (apart from the possibility of