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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1976
TOPLEY RECEIVES $230,000 DONATION FOR SCHOOL LABORATORY
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY, THIS AFTERNOON RECEIVED A CHEQUE FOR $230,000 FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FUND RAISING COMMITTEE OF THE INDIAN WOMEN'S CLUB, MRS. KAMLA KAPAHI, FOR THE BUILDING OF A SINGLE-STOREY GENERAL SCIENCE LABORATORY AT SIR ELLIS KADOORIE SCHOOL, SOO KUN PO.
THE GOVERNMENT IS TO PROVIDE $60,000 FOR FURNITURE. AND
EQUIPMENT.
LADY KADOOR IE UNVEILED A COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE FOR THE
LABORATORY WHICH SHOULD BE READY FOR USE IN THE NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR.
ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL, MR. TOPLEY THANKED THE INDIAN WOMEN'S CLUB FOR ITS VERY GENEROUS DONATION.
+THE SCIENCE LABORATORY INDEED PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE
IT PROCESS OF LEARNING SCIENCE BY PUPILS IN A SECONDARY SCHOOL. IS THE PLACE WHERE PUPILS LEARN THE SKILL IN HANDLING MATERIALS AND MANIPULATING APPARATUS, MAKING ACCURATE OBSERVATIONS AND CARRYING OUT INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXPERIMENTS OR DESIGNING EXPERIMENTS TO TEST THEIR OWN HYPOTHESIS.
+ IN KEEPING WITH THE SPIRIT OF INQUIRY ASSOCIATED WITH SCIENCE LEARNING, PUPILS WORKING INSIDE A LABORATORY CAN DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO OBSERVE CRITICALLY, TO THINK SCIENTIFICALLY AND TO HANDLE PROBLEM SITUATIONS EFFECTIVELY,+ MR. TOPLEY SAID.
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