EDUCATION
for the School Gardens Competition and in the various handicraft and rural activity sections of the New Terri- tories Agricultural Show. New primary courses have been introduced with a rural, marine or urban bias according to the environment, and many schools now include courses in housecraft.
Civics has become an important subject in the curriculum of many schools. The basic idea of this course is to encourage a sense of responsibility rather than to provide knowledge for examinations. Periodic visits were made to public utility companies, govern- ment departments and private undertakings. Postmen, policemen and other public servants visited primary schools where they gave personal accounts of their work, and the Traffic Branch of the Police Department con- tinued to arrange talks, lectures and demonstrations at schools and training colleges on road safety.
The Anti-Tuberculosis Association arranged an exhibition which was attended by several thousand children. Later, a competition was held for school- children for the best essay on ways and means of pre- venting the spread of tuberculosis and entries from a large number of schools were received.
At the invitation of Government, Mr. Lyndford Keyes of the World Health Organization Secretariat visited the Colony and gave specialist advice on school health education. Discussions with the medical author- ities, school heads and others interested in medical and health services, resulted in the formation of a team to plan and demonstrate ways in which the school health education programme can be developed.
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