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TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1975
DETAILS OF COMMON-CORE CURRICULUM FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY FORMS
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS SENDING TO ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS ADVANCE COPIES OF A PAMPHLET ENTITLED +A PRELIMINARY GUIDE TO THE CURRICULUM FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY FORMS+,
A SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED TODAY THAT THE PAMPHLET HAD BEEN PRODUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE TO ASSIST SCHOOLS IN IMPLEMENTING THE FIRST STAGES OF A COMMON-CORE CURRICULUM FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY FORMS (1.E. FORMS 1 TO 3).
THE COMMITTEE IS A NON-STATUTORY BODY RESPONSIBLE FOR ADVISING THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION ON ALL ASPECTS OF THE CURRICULUM,
ITS MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES HEADS OF GOVERNMENT, AIDED, SUBSIDIZED AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, PUBLIC EXAMINATION BODIES, THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, THE HONG KONG TEC INICAL TEACHERS COLLEGE, AND THE HONG KONG TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS DIVISIONAL REPŘESENTATIVES OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
ACCORDING TO THE SPOKESMAN, THE NEW CURRICULUM HAS BEEN DERIVED FROM THE RECENT WHITE PÅPER, +SECONDARY EDUCATION IN HONG KONG OVER THE NEXT DECADE.
ALTHOUGH THE SECONDARY EXPANSION POLICY DETAILED IN THE WHITE PAPER HAS BEEN POSTPONED BECAUSE OF UNFAVOURABLE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY STATED THAT IT WILL GO AHEAD THIS YEAR WITH THOSE ASPECTS OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT NOT REQUIRING SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT.
THE PAMPHLET DESCRIBES RECOMMENDED PROCEDURES FOR INTRODUCING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE NEW CURRICULUM IN SEPTEMBER 1975.
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE PAMPHLET ARE AS FOLLOWS:
THE CONSTITUENT SUBJECTS OF THE CURRICULUM ARE: CHINESE, ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES, CHINESE HISTORY ART AND DESIGN, HOME ECONOMICS, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, MUSÍC AND ETHICAL/RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.
PHYSICAL
THE CURRICULUM HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A WELL-DALANGED EDUCATION SUITABLE FOR ALL PUPILS AT THIS LEVEL, WHETHER OR NOT THEY CONTINUE THEIR FORMAL EDUCATION DEYOND FORŮ) 3.
/HIE CONSITITULIS