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SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1975.
EDUCATION'S ROLE IN FIGHT AGAINST CRIME
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APART FROM PROVIDING GREATER OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION, THE KOST IMPORTANT THING THAT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CAN DO' TO FIGHT CRIME IS TO MAKE EDUCATION AS INTERESTING AS POSSIBLE. CHICH MEAUS GETTING THE CURRICULUM AND THE NETHOD OF TEACHING RIGHT.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY TODAY WHEN HE SPOKE AT THE OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP ON **CRIME AND EDUCATION'' AT THE BAPTIST COLLEGE ORGANISED BY THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE.
+VE ARE INTRODUCING A NEW CURRICULUM, PARTICULARLY FOR FORMS 1 TO 3 IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO GET A GREAT NUMBER OF CHILDREN WHO WOULD HAVE NEVER ASPIRED PREVIOUSLY TO GO TO SECONDARY SCHOOL.
+AND WE NEED A DIFFERENT CURRICULUM FOR THEM - SOMETHING THAT WILL CARRY THEM ALONG, SOMETHING THAT IS CENTRED ON THEM IN VERY MANY WAYS AND HOT CENTRED SO MUCH ON THE DISCIPLINES THAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO ABSORB, SOMETHING WHICH IS DESIGNED TO COUNTERACT DROPPING OUT, MR. TOPLEY SAID.
THE DIRECTOR POINTED OUT THAT WITHIN THE CURRICULUM, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL STUDIES THERE WAS AMPLE ROOM TO TELL CHILDREN ABOUT CRIME AND PUNISHMENT, ABOUT DRUGS, ABOUT CORRUPTION IN ORDER TO GIVE THEM IDEAS OF HOW THESE MATTERS SHOULD BE APPROACHED.
MR. TOPLEY ALSO SAID : IT IS NATURAL TO TELL CHILDREN WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE RIGHT AND WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE WRONG. WE DO IT WITH OUR CHILDREM AT HOME SO WHY NOT WITH OUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS DO THIS IN FACT, HE SAID.
HOWEVER, MR. TOPLEY CAUTIONED THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE TOO MUCH PREACHING.
HE STRESSED THAT CHILDREN WOULD NOT BECOME CRIMINALS IF. THEY WERE BROUGHT UP THE RIGHT WAY.
BUT OF COURSE THERE WERE A FEW PEOPLE, ONLY A FEW, THAT COULD NOT BE CHANGED AT ALL.
+ON THE WHOLE, DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR, SEEMS TO RELATE TO ENVIRONMENT OF WHICH EDUCATION IS A SUBSTANTIAL PART, CERTAINLY A MOST EXPENSIVE PART, AND ONE WHICH WE OUGHT TO GET RIGHT SO THAT IT DOES MAXIMUM GOOD,+ THE DIRECTOR SAID.
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