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Baptist College and Lingnan College on two-year Form VI

courses and on two-year Post-Form VI courses, the

numbers being determined by the extent to which courses

at these levels are required to complement those

elsewhere in the public sector, subject to the existing

capacity and resources of the colleges;

(ii) to provide financial assistance (interest-free loans

and in some cases maintenance grants) to needy students

attending the Baptist, Shue Yan and Lingnan colleges;

(iii) to arrange for the independent assessment of academic

awards in Hong Kong Baptist College and Lingnan College.

(d) Colleges of education

The 1978 White Paper recommended replacement of the basic

two-year initial training courses by three-year courses

for students with Certificate of Education qualifications,

provision of a separately structured two-year course for

students holding at least Grade E passes in two subjects

in the Advanced Level examination and the introduction of

a systematic programme of refresher training for graduate

It also recommended and non-graduate teachers w.e.f. 1980.

the introduction of retraining programmes and 3-year ICTT

courses: these are now expected to come into effect in 1981

(1982 in the case of secondary retraining programmes)

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(e) Universities and Polytechnic

To increase the number of students taking degree courses

by an expansion of the annual growth rate of two universities,

by the introduction of part-time degree courses at a suitable level for people in employment and by the introduction of a