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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1975
THE DIRECTOR CAUTIONED AGAINST GIVING THE CHILD ONE-SIDED DEVELOPMENT, THAT IS CONSIDERING HIM ONLY AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND WOT CONSIDERING HIM ALSO AS A MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY.
+THERE IS A REAL DANGER THAT WHILE DEVELOPING HIS OWN NATURAL POWERS, HE WILL NOT BE AWARE OF HIS RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
+THE GENERAL AIM SHOULD THEREFORE BE TO OFFER THE FULLEST SCOPE TO INDIVIDUALITY WHILE KEEPING STEADILY IN VIEW THE CLAIMS OF SOCIETY, HE SAID.
ON MR. LOWCOCK'S REFERENCE TO EDUCATION FOR CITIZENSHIP, MR. TOPLEY SAID: +IN THIS FIELD AS IN MANY OTHER FIELDS
INCLUDING MORAL EDUCATION, I FULLY AGREE THAT EMPHASIS SHOULD BE LAID ON EVERYDAY APPLICATION RATHER THAN MERE PRECEPT - ON PRACTICE BOTH IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL RATHER THAN ABSTRACT CLASSROOM TEACHING.+
THE DIRECTOR PRAISED D.B.S. FOR OFFERING A LIBERAL EDUCATION WITH CONSTANT EMPHASIS ON ALL-ROUND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.
HE SAID: +NOT ONLY DO THE PUPILS SHINE IN THE PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS, BUT THEY ALSO DISTINGUISH THEMSELVES IN MANY SPHERES OF EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING SPORT AND GAMES, MUSIC AND SPEECH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.+
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