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(xiii) to administer and develop technical education in

(xiv)

Hong Kong other than at the polytechnic and the

university levels, to supervise the operation of the

Technical Teachers' College and the technical institutes

and to meet the target demand for places in secondary

technical schools and prevocational schools;

to`administer and supervise teacher training and adult

education run by the government and voluntary organisations

and to supervise the approved post-secondary colleges;

(xv) to provide a number of assisted places in the approved

post secondary colleges on two-year Form VI courses and

two-year Post-Form VI courses, to provide financial

assistance to needy students attending the colleges,

to supervise and guide the colleges in fulfilling the

conditions attached to the financial grants, and to

ensure that the colleges comply with the Post Secondary

Colleges Ordinance;

(xvi) to provide improved channels of communication between

teaching staff, management committees and the Education

Department;

(xvii) to provide screening and testing services to adults

and children so that disabilities are identified as

early as possible; and

(xviii) to provide a minimum of nine years' subsidized general

education for disabled children, mainly in ordinary

schools, and vocational training beyond normal school

leaving age, to help them achieve their potential.

(b)

with regard to the review of existing policies and the

development of new policies