BUDAY, APRIL 7, 1974
MEMBERS LEARN TO RUN COMMITTEES
CONDUCT REETINGS,
PLAN ACTIVITIES, ENJOY HEALTHY PASTIMES AND, PERHAPS MOST
IMPORTANT OF ALL, TO ADOPT A POSITIVE ATTIDUDE TO THE COMMUNITY TO
WHICH THEY BELONG.
SOME OF THEM BECOME VOLUNTARY WORKERS WHO ASSIST THE
ORGANISERS AND SUPERVISORS IN THE ROUTINE OPERATION AND
THE ORGANISATION OF SPECIAL FUNCTIONS.
THE FIRST FOUR CENTRES VERO STARTED ESTUDEN OCTOBER 1955
AND FEBRUARY 1957, AND ANOTHER FOUR FOLLOWED IN 1958.
NOW THERE ARE 14, EACH OF WHICH IS RUN BY TWO ORGANISERS
AND SIX SUPERVISORS.
THE MOTTO OF THE ADULT EDUCATION AND RECREATION CENTRES
IS +ALL MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY.+ ANYONE DURO IS
18 OR OVER AND WHO WISHES TO BECOME A MEMBER OF A CENTRE
MAY DO SO BY TELEPHONING THE EDUCATION DEPARTIENT'S ADULT
EDUCATION SECTION ON TEL. 3-884111 EXT. 280.
THE SECTION ALSO ADMINISTERS THE EVENING INSTITUTE.
AND THE EVENING SCHOOL OF HIGHER CHINES E STUDIES.
SOME ADULT EDUCATION COURSES DO NOT HAVE ANY ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION. TUITION FEES ARE CHEAP ONLY $20 A YEAR
FOR GENERAL BACKGROUND AND PRACTICAL BACKGROUND EDUCATION
COURSES AND $5 A YEAR FOR PURAL LITERACY CLASSES. THERE
IS ALMOST NO TIME LIMIT FOR REGISTRATION TO BECOME A
STUDENT.
ILLITERATE ADULTS ARE OFFERED A REMEDIAL PROGRAMME
TO ENABLE THEM TO MASTER THE FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS OF
READING, WRITING AND MUMERACY. NINE RURAL LITERACY
CLASSES DESIGNED FOR SUCH EDUCATION ARE HELD IN SIX
DIFFERENT CENTRES IN THE NEU TERRITORIES.
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