EDUCATION
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A number of postal surveys were conducted to collect information from past and present students. These included an employment survey of former full-time students at technical institutes who left after completing the 1979-80 academic year, and an opinion poll on the courses attended by final year part-time day-release students. The industry training boards of the Hong Kong Training Council have also given advice on the curriculum of technical institute courses. These training boards have provided the institutes with up-to-date information leading to the provision of new courses and the revision of existing ones to meet the demands of industry and commerce.
Post-Secondary Education
Three approved post-secondary colleges - the Hong Kong Baptist College, the Hong Kong Shue Yan College and Lingnan College are approved and registered under the Post- Secondary College Ordinance.
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The Hong Kong Baptist College, registered in 1970, has four faculties social sciences, natural sciences and engineering - and has a total enrolment of 3,379 students.
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The Hong Kong Shue Yan College, registered in 1976, consists of three faculties arts, social sciences and commerce with an enrolment of 3,159 students. The college has 11 departments and offers day and evening courses.
Lingnan College was registered in October, 1978. It has three faculties for arts, business and music with an enrolment of 911 students.
A student loan scheme is available for eligible students at these approved post-secondary colleges. In addition, a student grant scheme was introduced for eligible students at the Hong Kong Baptist College and Lingnan College in September, 1980.
In June, the government approved an increase in the rates of government assistance to Hong Kong Baptist College and Lingnan College, with retrospective effect from September, 1979. Government assistance was granted to the two colleges on their agreeing to restructure their courses in line with proposals set out in the White Paper on Senior Secondary and Tertiary Education.
In July, the government invited the Council for National Academic Awards in the United Kingdom to examine courses provided by the Baptist College and Lingnan College to determine their academic standard. This is in line with the White Paper's recommendation calling for independent assessments of the standards of the restructured post-Form 6 and Year 5 courses at the two colleges.
In addition, a number of private day and evening schools offer post-secondary courses of varying standards. They are registered under the Education Ordinance. None of these schools receives aid from the government.
Higher Education
Because of the importance attached to developing university and polytechnic facilities - and the sums of public money involved - the government relies on the University and Polytechnic Grants Committee, appointed by the Governor, to provide impartial and expert advice on the amount of finance required to develop or sustain any level of higher education activity. The committee also advises the government on the allocation of funds among the univer- sities and the polytechnic. Both universities and the polytechnic have some financial resources of their own, but are largely financed by the government.
Grants and interest-free loans for some students at the University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong are provided from public funds under a government
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