- A50 -
(5)
The length of the primary school course should remain
at 6 years.
(6) The age of entry to primary should remain compulsory
at 6 on 1 September but voluntary down to 5 years 8
months.
Parents should be encouraged to enter their
children at the lower age.
(7) A curriculum development team should be set up to plan
a curriculum designed to cover the following five areas
in the pre-primary course:
(a) social and emotional development;
(b) concept formation;
(c) linguistic development;
(a) creativity;
(e) motor activities.
(8) Kindergartens should supply furniture and equipment in
accordance with standards approved by the Director of
Education.
(9) The rigid compartmentalisation of practical subjects in
primary schools should be discouraged and sex discrimination
should be removed.
(10) The content and scope of the training of music teachers
should be widened.
(11) It is intended to encourage the 'learning by doing' approach
previously called the Activity Approach and to increase
the financial assistance provided.
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(12) The class size for 'learning by doing' should be 35.
(13) Specialist teachers should be used for English and Chinese.
(14) The 'learning by doing' approach should be implemented
mainly in classes P.1 - P.3.
(15) Teachers adopting the 'learning by doing' approach should