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The return to the 3-3-4 education system in Hong Kong is an improvement on the previous system
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the new system is beneficial to students	The new system will cause many problems for teachers there is no good reason for a restructuring of the existing education system in Hong Kong four years at university is longer, so students will have to pay more fees the current system is not broken, and does not need to be changed the education reform is unfair to mentally disabled students unfair to students who are not good at maths

The new system will cause many problems for teachers
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the new system will add an enormous workload to teachers who are already overloaded current teachers may lose their jobs

the new system will add an enormous workload to teachers who are already overloaded
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consultations from students increase reorganization of teaching schedules and re-making of teaching syllabus are necessary in adopting a new education system	this is not the problem of the system itself

this is not the problem of the system itself
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such hard times are in fact the necessary result of any restructuring

consultations from students increase
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students will face many new problems with the new system

current teachers may lose their jobs
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apart from Chinese, English, Maths and General Education, other subjects are no longer taken as core subjects

there is no good reason for a restructuring of the existing education system in Hong Kong
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Hong Kong education system has a good reputation internationally	3-3-4 is a global education trend

Hong Kong education system has a good reputation internationally
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the qualifications gained under the existing system are acknowledged worldwide

3-3-4 is a global education trend
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the USA,China and most countries in Europe have implemented the 3-3-4 system for a long time

the USA,China and most countries in Europe have implemented the 3-3-4 system for a long time
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	England does not have a 3-3-4 system, but has a highly-regarded educational system

the education reform is unfair to mentally disabled students
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the new system reduces the chance of mentally disabled students receiving adequate basic education in secondary education

unfair to students who are not good at maths
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there will be an extra year of maths, filled with higher level material, which will cause more students to fail

the new system is beneficial to students
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Beneficial to students every student under the new system will enjoy at least one year of matriculate education four years of tertiary education allows students to have more time to specialize in the subject matter they are interested in the newly inserted General Education into secondary education under the new system is an improvement of the old syllabus the new system is more beneficial to the all-round development of students the students are granted more freedom and flexibility under the new system	there will be an increase of student's financial burden under the new system

there will be an increase of student's financial burden under the new system
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secondary school fee will be increased from an average of HKD6000 to HKD7200, university school fee will be increase from HKD42100 to around HKD50000, per year	the government will provide grants and loans

the government will provide grants and loans
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	grants and loans are not a sustainable manner in solving the problem, since the budget reserve is vary from time to time

four years of tertiary education allows students to have more time to specialize in the subject matter they are interested in
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	not all subjects need four years tertiary education

the newly inserted General Education into secondary education under the new system is an improvement of the old syllabus
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students will become more critical and open-minded it is an improvement to the old way of examination-oriented thinking which has been under severe criticism for a long time	assessment of performance in General Education, which will be partly done by the school themselves, which is unfair to students

students will become more critical and open-minded
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students will be educated with wide range of topics which are closely related to the external world they are living in, such as political and cultural issues students will be educated with respect to the ideal of independent thinking

students will be educated with wide range of topics which are closely related to the external world they are living in, such as political and cultural issues
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	General Education will lead to a decline in the quality of students and education

General Education will lead to a decline in the quality of students and education
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in order to increase student's chance in entering university where vacancies are limited, schools may only ask students to do assessment easy to get high marks students will lose focus of their study

in order to increase student's chance in entering university where vacancies are limited, schools may only ask students to do assessment easy to get high marks
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	Yes, it is possible, but there is no guarantee of "High Score" with easier questions, since it tests your critical thinking not standard answers.

students will lose focus of their study
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General Education will indeed cause many problems to teaching and learning generality comes at the price of speciality

General Education will indeed cause many problems to teaching and learning
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it is difficult to prepare the teaching materials

it is difficult to prepare the teaching materials
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the terms General Education and Liberal Studies are so vague that they can be seen as covering any issue

students will be educated with respect to the ideal of independent thinking
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However, biased teaching and learning material will mislead students' mindset.

assessment of performance in General Education, which will be partly done by the school themselves, which is unfair to students
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assessment of performance in General Education is likely to be subjective and personal	teachers' assessment scheme has long been used for AL subjects like Chemistry and Biology and CE subjects like fine arts

it is an improvement to the old way of examination-oriented thinking which has been under severe criticism for a long time
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the ultimate goal of general education is a healthy body and a healthy mind, not examination results

the ultimate goal of general education is a healthy body and a healthy mind, not examination results
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	the ultimate goal of general education is a good job, and these are competitive, and based a lot on exam results it is self-defeating for General Education to be included as a core subject of the public examination under the new system

the new system is more beneficial to the all-round development of students
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under the new system, the students will have more free time to engage in extra-curricular activities

under the new system, the students will have more free time to engage in extra-curricular activities
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students are only asked to enrol in six subjects under the new system	unless extra-curricular activities are taken into account in the university entrance requrements, students will ignore them and concentrate on their studies

the students are granted more freedom and flexibility under the new system
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the students will be allow to make their own combinations of subjects ranging from sciences, arts and business according to their own interests the student will feel less pressure in their secondary school life

the students will be allow to make their own combinations of subjects ranging from sciences, arts and business according to their own interests
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	unpopular but traditional subjects will be eventually eliminated because of not enough enrollment

unpopular but traditional subjects will be eventually eliminated because of not enough enrollment
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	this only means a progressive evolution of the syllabus of schooling

the student will feel less pressure in their secondary school life
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they only have to go for one public examination instead of two as requested in the previous system	the student in fact feel more pressure under the new system

the student in fact feel more pressure under the new system
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more candidates will compete for the university vacancies under the new system in replacing two public examinations with one, this single examination matters much more to themselves and their future

more candidates will compete for the university vacancies under the new system
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with two examinations in the previous system, unqualified students were first filtered out at HKCEE level

in replacing two public examinations with one, this single examination matters much more to themselves and their future
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two separate examinations give the student a more thorough assessment

two separate examinations give the student a more thorough assessment
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under the previous system, those who fail in the first examination (HKCEE) simply won't have the chance to go for the second (HKAL)