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arrangements are the introduction of seminars on management and
curriculum (providing an additional channel of communication between
the Department and principals of aided schools and greater opportunity
to discuss professional matters related to school administration and
curriculum), small-group discussions between the Department and aided
school teachers (through teacher-representatives), and closer and more
regular contact by area officers of the Department with the aided
schools under their administration.
At the same time provision was
made for more formal, regular and uniform arrangements for consultation
between school management committees and their teaching staffs than
those generally pertaining
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by the participation of teacher-
representatives in management committee meetings, or by the establishment
of individual staff-management consultative committees, or by any
alternative arrangement submitted to and approved by the Director of
Education. By means of these arrangements matters relating to general
communication between various groups and individuals (for example,
between teachers in the same school, between teachers and parents,
and between different schools), to terms and conditions of service,
and to professional development (curriculum, subject organisation,
student guidance, etc.) can be discussed openly and frankly, to the
benefit of all concerned. A very important role in educational
development is played by the various schools councils, associations and
advisory bodies: these are consulted as appropriate on major issues
affecting them, and their views are sought on policy matters of general
concern, as will be apparent in later chapters of this report. Other
chapters also deal with the part played by school teachers in general
educational development and such areas as examinations, curriculum
development and the educational television service.
2.53 Teachers in approved post-secondary colleges The position in
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