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Pre-school Education

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Pre-school education for the 3-to-5 age group is provided in privately-run kindergartens which are registered with the Education Department and supervised by it. In October 1989, based on advice in the Education Commission's Report No. 2, the government announced measures for improving the standard of kindergarten education. The most important

measures

were for the Education Department to encourage kindergarten meet targets for standards of staffing and to pay staff

operators to according to be made more accessible. September 1989 to replace families to benefit.

a recommended salary scale, for teaching training courses to A Fee Remission Scheme was introduced in the the Fee Assistance Scheme, allowing more

Primary Education

Primary education has been free in all government schools and in nearly all aided schools

schools since September 1971. In the few aided primary schools where fees are charged, the fees may be remitted in cases of hardship. As at September 1989, the total primary school enrolment was 536 136. In 1989, 13 new schools were completed, providing 24 000 primary places. All these schools were located in the developing new towns to cater for the needs of their growing population. Most primary schools operate on a bisessional basis, with children attending either a morning or afternoon session. In October 1989, the government announced its intention to convert the

the upper primary classes to whole-day operation. The government also resolved that whole

that whole day operation throughout the primary levels should be pursued as a long term objective.

Primary 6 leavers are allocated secondary school places in the public sector through the Secondary School Places Allocation System. Allocation is based on the results of internal school assessments, scaled by a centrally-administered Academic Aptitude Test, and on parental choice.

Secondary Education

There

grammer schools,

are three main types of secondary schools in Hong Hong: technical schools and prevocational schools. Grammer schools offer a five year secondary course in a broad range of academic, cultural and practical subjects leading to the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE). Most offer, in addition, a two-year sixth-form course leading to the

the Hong Kong Advanced Level Examination, although a few offer a one-year sixth-form leading to the Hong Kong High Level Examination, or do not have any sixth-form course. Technical schools prepare students for the

the HKCEE with emphasis on technical and commercial subjects. Qualified candidates can continue their studies in the sixth form or in technical institutes. Prevocational schools offer an alternative form

form of secondary education suited to students with an aptitude for practical and technical subjects.

In 1978, free education was extended to the junior secondary level. The Junior Secondary Education Assessment (JESA) System allocates suitable Secondary 3 leavers to subsidised Secondary

Secondary 4 places and to full-time craft courses. The policy target is

is to provide, by 1991, subsidised places on senior secondary courses leading to the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination for

Examination for about 85 per cent of the

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