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Floating class sostegun
Now, I would like to comment on educatic
on education.
In the 1988789 financial year, the total expenditure on education will be $9.5 billion, which is 18% of the total.
per cent
it
of
Con-
cerning the percentage, this is a pretty
good figure. However, our education system(many aspects require improve-
ment, and I would only like to talk about
the floating class system today.
the floating or
I have
pointed out several times in this Coun- cil that the floating class system will lower the quality of education. It will waste a lot of teaching time and
will will make students/lose a sense of bel- onging to their schools. All these will lead to a downturn in academic perform-
I am glad to know that
ance of skidents. [
recently, the authorities have decided on a new design for the standard second-
ary school. Under this new design, each school will have 26 classrooms,
And three special rooms,
or
rooms for remed-
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ial teaching and group teaching. Such new design will reduce the short com-.
ings of the floating class system. I sincerely hope that the Government will speed up building these newly des- igned school buildings, with a view to abolishing the floating class system
and Zhabin and to enable our students to study in
an ideal situation. At the same time,
I would like to call upon the education authorities, not to attach too much attention to improvement of the quan-
~ I pay tity.
They should pay more attention to improving the quality of education.