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EDUCATION

handicapped children. Dr Frisina, Professor of Audiology at Gallaudet College, USA, left Hong Kong in January after a two months visit arranged by UNESCO to advise Government on planning a programme for teaching deaf children.

SECONDARY EDUCATION

Anglo-Chinese Grammar Schools. There are 147 Anglo-Chinese grammar schools, accommodating 81,163 pupils. They offer a five- year course in the normal academic subjects leading to the Hong Kong English school certificate. Instruction is in English and Chinese is taught as a second language. This type of secondary education is in demand because a good knowledge of spoken and written English is desirable, if not essential, for entry to higher education, the professions, government service and commerce. Education continues in the sixth form (two years) for successful school certificate candidates, who enter for the matriculation examination of the University of Hong Kong or the general certificate of education (University of London) at ordinary and advanced levels, or the entrance examination to the new Chinese University of Hong Kong. Pupils who succeed in these examina- tions may go on to universities, teacher training colleges, or other professional institutions. In addition there are 22,090 pupils attend- ing tutorial or evening classes where instruction in secondary level subjects, mainly English language, is offered.

Chinese Middle Schools. The Colony's 160 Chinese middle schools accommodate 41,079 pupils. They offer a six-year course in the normal academic subjects leading to the Hong Kong Chinese school certificate. Instruction is in Chinese and English is taught as a second language. The course has been re-organized and most of the schools have embarked on a new five-year course which will enable their students to take the school certificate examination in five years. Such students will sit the examination for the first time in 1965. For those who pass in the Chinese school certificate examination higher education is now available at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Such students may also be admitted to the teacher training colleges, the special classes centre and the Technical College.

Technical Schools. These give a five-year course in English with Chinese taught as a second language. Like the Anglo-Chinese