WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1975
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HONG KONG TO BE REPRESENTED AT COMMONWEALTH REGIONAL SEMINAR ON EDUCATION
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TWO ASSISTANT DIRECTORS OF EDUCATION WILL BE GOING TO KUALA LUMPUR ON MONDAY TO REPRESENT HONG KONG AT THE COMMONWEALTH REGIONAL SEMINAR ON EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION FROM MAY 27 TO JUNE 6.
THEY ARE MR. LAM TAT-LAU, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (PRIMARY), AND MR. ARTHUR BROWN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS).
THE SEMINAR, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE LANGUAGE CENTRE, IS BEING HOSTED BY THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT. IT IS THE THIRD IN THE SERIES ORGANISED BY THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT IN LONDON. TWO PREVITUS SEMINARS OF THIS SERIES WERE HELD IN FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, IN MAY 1973, AND IN GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, IN JANUARY 1974.
THE HOLDING OF THE THIRD SEMINAR FOLLOWS THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE SIXTH COMMONWEALTH EDUCATION CONFERENCE HELD IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA IN JUNE LAST YEAR, THAT THE SERIES OF REGIONAL SEMINARS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE ORGANISATION OF SUCH A MEETING FOR MEMBER COUNTRIES IN ASIA,
THE SEMINAR'S MAIN THEME IS EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND SUPERVISION AND ATTENTION WILL BE FOCUSSED ON THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE INSPECTOR, THE INSPECTOR AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, AND APPROACHES TO EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION.
DURING THE SEMINAR DELEGATES WILL ALSO DISCUSS THE TRAINING OF INSPECTORS AND ADVISERS AS WELL AS VISIT A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS. THEY WILL ALSO DISCUSS COMMONWEALTH REGIONAL CO-OPERATION.
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