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and 5 of secondary

schools should be met by 1991. A Chinese

Textbooks Committee was established whose task will be to

ensure

that an adequate supply of good quality textbooks will be available to schools wishing to adopt Chinese as the medium of instruction.

59.

and

The report contains

The Education Commission, set up in April 1984 to co-ordinate

give consolidated advice on educational policy in Hong Kong,

released its second report in September.

far-reaching recommendations for sixth form education, pre-school education, teacher preparation, open education and the financing of

the education

comment has been

on invited

its

proposals and considerable debate has been generated. The Hong Kong Government expects to make decisions on the implementation of the report's recommendations in early 1987, following completion of the

period of public consultation.

system.

Public

60.

In 1986 the Hong Kong Government announced its

announced its intention to

third university a

in the territory.

committee to

establish

membership.

new

oversee the planning of the new institution has now been established

with distinguished Local and overseas

The

university will be a grouping of professional schools emphasising science, technology, management and business studies.It i's expected that it will admit its first students in the early 1990s, by which time the number of first-year, first degree places available to Hong Kong students will have risen to 8,300 compared with the present figure of 4,200.

61.

Hong Kong now has five degree awarding institutions: the Hong Kong and Chinese universities, the two polytechnics and the Baptist College. In 1986 there were 16,000 students

16,000 students on degree courses and

additional

introduced this

programmes

will be

year.

At

present,

proposals for new degree courses at Hong Kong Polytechnic, City Polytechnic and Baptist College are assessed by the United Kingdom

Council for National Academic Awards.

I

A Planning Committee on

Academic Awards has been appointed to

to make recommendations on the

establishment of a system

for validation of courses within Hong

Kong.