Question :
Question 11
Reply by the Hon. Michael Leung, JP, Director of Education, to a Legislative Council Question by the Hon. Mrs. Rita Fan
on 3 April 1985
Could Government inform this Council :-
(a)
(b)
(c)
How frequently and in what numbers are teachers using the six teaching centres run by the Advisory Inspectorate?
Is Government satisfied with the present level of utilisation of these centres?
What progress has been made with regard to the setting
up of the first regional teachers' centre proposed by the Education Commission in its first report?
Sir,
(a)
There are at present 5 teaching centres, 3 resource/display rooms
and a Media Production Services Unit run by the Advisory Inspectorate.
6 teaching centres are for Chinese Language, English Language, Cultural Crafts,
Mathematics, Science, and Social Subjects. The 3 resource/display rooms are for Activity Approach, Kindergarten Education and Moral Education.
These Centres are being used regularly throughout the year.
In the twelve months ending February 1985, 8,678 teachers visited and used
these facilities, while 10,545 teachers attended various in-service training
courses conducted there.
(b) Within the limits of existing resources, the Department is
generally satisfied with the present level of usage. More can still be done, such as giving wider publicity and offering more in-service training
courses. 334 such courses were organised in the past year and 245 have been
planned for the next six months.
(c) A working group has been formed within the Department to plan
for the setting up of the first regional teachers' centre.
Before the establishment of the Education Commission, there were
already plans to set up a teachers' centre on the lower floors of the former
Tanner Road Police Primary School at Pak Fuk Road, North Point, which at
present also houses the Cultural Crafts, Mathematics, Science, and Social
Subjects Teaching Centres. The working group will include, as one of its
first tasks, a review of these plans in the light of the recommendations
of the Education Commission.