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the non-profit-making private sector at present this
assistance is confined to the reimbursement of rates;
(b) to supervise and inspect all pre-primary schools for
conformity with the requirements of the Education
Ordinance; and
(c) to provide in-service training courses for pre-primary
school teachers, to register them under the Education
Ordinance and to provide advice on teaching methods and
curriculum.
(iv) The standards of provision are:
These
(a) it is the normal practice of the Housing Authority to
provide pre-primary school facilities in housing estates
at the level of one place for every 30 residents.
facilities have since 1972 been subject to public tender.
There is no standard of provision for pre-primary schools
outside housing estates;
(b) the limitation of class sizes according to the criteria laid
down in the Education Regulations (Cap. 279), subject to an
overall maximum size of 45 pupils per class; and
(c) the provision of Inspectors at a ratio of 1 for every 1,000
classes.
Primary education
(i) Primary education seeks to promote the all-round development
of children and to help them to acquire the basic skills they will
need to live and work in a contemporary society.
(ii) The overall objective of this programme is to provide a free
six-year course of primary education in government or aided
schools, to take steps to ensure that as far as possible no children between the ages 6 and 12 are withheld from attending
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