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I agree with all these speakers that education

planning must not be a simple numbers game of maximizing

enrolments. The experience of

of many Countries in the

1960s and '70s has shown the perils of neglecting quality

and the higher purposes of education. That is why the

Education Commission has been at such pains in both of

its published reports to look at long-term objectives

and the philosophy behind our

is in that spirit that the Commission has spoken,

educational policies.

It

for

example, of the need to strengthen the two-year

integrated sixth form and to broaden its curriculum.

However, as members know, Our search for quality should

not mean that we dismiss quantity as irrelevant. On the

contrary, the expansion. of tertiary opportunities and

nine implementation of

and

the

successful

years

free

compulsory education are real achievements.

to me

As a young

friend said when giving me her views on the debate: For

someone who does not get a place it is not much comfort

to know that the quality of education has improved for

the lucky few. Quantity and quality in education must

go hand in hand.

4.

Λ

cap.

le Open Learning Institute

I was encouraged by the remarks made by Mrs.

Rosanna Tam, Mr. Desmond Lee, Mr. Chung Pui-lam and Dr.

s. Cap

Daniel Tse

concerning

the

establishment

of an open

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