SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1975
STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS
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ATTEMPTS TO INVOLVE STUDENTS MORE IN COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND ISSUES ARE SUCCEEDING AND ELICITING RESPONSE. THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY SAID TODAY AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THREE-DAY 7TH HONG KONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SEMINAR AT MORRISON HOUSE.
SPEAKING AS PATRON. MR. TOPLEY NOTED THAT IN THE EARLY DAYS THE DISCUSSIONS AT THE SEMINARS TENDED TO BE ON WHAT MIGHT BE CALLED INTERNAL ISSUES - CURRICULA, TEACHING METHODS, INTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.
BUT GRADUALLY THE EMPHASIS SWITCHED TO THE PLACE OF THE SCHOOLS AND THEIR STUDENTS WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY.
+THIS CHANGE REFLECTS THE GROWING CONCERN AND INVOLVEMENT IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, IN PARTICULAR IN COMMUNIT SERVICE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS WHICH HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, THE DIRECTOR SAID.
HE STRESSED THAT THIS WAS A VERY HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT AND A NECESSARY ONE IF TEACHERS WERE TO DO THEIR JOBS PROPERLY.
THE TOPIC FOR THIS YEAR'S SEMINAR +THE IMPACT OF MASS MEDIA ON HONG KONG YOUTHS+ HAS BEEN MUCH DISCUSSED IN RECENT YEARS.
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BUT MOST OF THE DISCUSSION AND REPORTS ON IT REFLECTED THE OPINIONS OF THE OLDER AGE GROUPS. +I LOOK FORWARD TO READING THE VIEWS OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION, MR. TOPLEY SAID,
HE HOPED THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER THE TOPIC IN THE CONTEXT OF THE IMPACT ELSEWHERE, THE KNOWLEDGE EXPLOSION AND WHAT WOULD THE WORLD BE LIKE WITHOUT THE MASS MEDIA.
AS IT WAS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO FIND OUT OPINIONS OF STUDENTS MA. TOPLEY SAID HE WOULD APPRECIATE A REPORT OF THEIR DISCUSSIONS AND OF THE SEMINAR IN GENERAL. +SUCH FEEDBACK IS INTERESTING,→ THE DIRECTOR SAID.
HE RECALLED THAT IN 1969 WHEN THE FIRST SEMINAR WAS HELD, SOME 60 ODD STUDENTS REPRESENTING ABOUT 20 SCHOOLS ATTENDED. TODAY THERE WERE OVER 100 DELEGATES REPRESENTING 26 SCHOOLS.
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