This
subject to the availablity of funds, to consider meeting the additional costs arising from proposed improvements. They are now compiling "activities involvement" records
for inclusion in each refugee's case history.
information will be made available to resettlement
countries and hopefully, will both help with resettlemtn
and encourage refugees to take advantage of the educational facilities which are available to them.
Education for children
3.
The Hong Kong Government accord first priority to
improving education for children in the camps.
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They aim
age group
to standardise education for the 6
throughout the camps, in order to enable all children to attend school daily for 4 hours (this compares with the 4호 hours education provided for local children in Hong
Kong). To maximise the use of classroom space, a
bi-sessional system will be introduced whereby half the children will attend classes in the mornings, and half in
the afternoons. This is a common form of schooling in Hong Kong because of the general
territory. Courses will be based
devised and recommended by UNHCR. The main subjects
be English, Vietnamese and mathematics,
will
lack of space in the
on a core curriculum
supplemented by optional subjects such as social
studies, health education, arts and crafts,
education and music.
physical
4.
the
under
This system already operates successfully,
direction of the Save the Children Fund, at the
newly opened Bowring Closed
Closed Centre, and will soon be
extended to all the closed camps with the assistance of
other voluntary agencies. The present
individual camps is as follows:
a)
position at
At the Chi Ma Wan closed centre, the Salvation
Army at
at present provides education for children,
employing refugee teachers supervised by a