WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1976
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CLASS TEACHERS' IMPORTANT ROLE IN SYSTEM
OF ALLOCATING SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, MR. Q.W. LEE, SAID TODAY THE IMPORTANT ROLE TO BE PLAYED BY TEACHERS IN THE NEW SYSTEM OF ALLOCATING SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES TO PRIMARY SIX PUPILS WAS A VERY REAL ADVANCE EDUCATIONALLY.
ADDRESS ING THE FIVE DISTRICTS SCHOOLS JOINT GRADUATION CEREMONY IN THE CITY HALL, MR. LEE SAID: +CHILDREN WILL NOW BE ASSESSED, AND THEIR EDUCATIONAL FUTURE WILL DEPEND NOT ON THE IR PERFORMANCE IN A BRIEF ONCE-AND-FOR-ALL EXAMINATION, BUT ON THE JUDGEMENT OF THEIR CLASS TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OBSERVE THEM IN DEPTH OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.
+THE TEACHERS WILL MAKE THEIR DECISIONS WITH ALL THE SKILL AND DEDICATION THEY POSSESS. THEY WILL NOW RIGHTLY FILL A MUCH
SYSTEM.
MORE IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE NEW
+1 AM CONFIDENT THAT ALL EDUCATION SPONSORS, MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARDS, HEADMASTERS, PARENTS AND OTHER PARTIES CONCERNED WILL CO-ORDINATE THEIR EFFORTS TO ASSIST OUR TEACHERS IN DISCHARGING THEIR EVER HEAVIER RESPONSIBILITIES SO THAT THE CONTINUING HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT OF OUR PRIMARY EDUCATION WILL BE ENSURED.+
MR. LEE SAID THE NEW SYSTEM OF TEACHERS' ASSESSMENT PLUS AN ACADEMIC APTITUDE TEST HAD BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AS AN ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACE ALLOCATION FOLLOWING THE PLANNED DISAPPEARANCE OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTRANCE EXAMINATION.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THIS METHOD NOT ONLY REMOVED THE BAD EFFECTS OF THE OLD SYSTEM, BUT ALSO RECOGNISED THE NEW OBJECTIVES OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.
+ IT GIVES REGARD TO THE TIME-SCALE OF THE CHANGES TO BE MADE AS WELL AS TO THE PUBLIC'S UNEASINESS OVER A SYSTEM WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE NO CENTRAL SUPERVISION.
+ IT ALSO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE VIEWS OF THOSE WHO ADVOCATE A TEMPORARY BRIDGE BETWEEN SELECTIVE PUBLIC EXAMINATION AND TEACHERS ASSESSMENT. THE ACADEMIC APTITUDE TEST IS REALLY AN ANSWER TO SUCH A NEED RATHER THAN AS A NEW FORM OF PUBLIC EXAMINATION TO REPLACE THE OLD ONE, MR. LEE STRESSED.
HE SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THIS COMPROMISE HAD NOT PLEASED EVERYONE, IT DID SEEM TO HAVE BEEN GREETED BY MOST PEOPLE AS A VERÝ SENSIBLE MEASURE AND THE GOVERNMENT HAD ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD BE BROUGHT UP FOR REVIEW IN 1980.
EARLIER, MR. LEE SAID: +EDUCATION IS A PART OF SOCIAL PROGRESS WHICH IN ITSELF IS MAKING PROGRESS FROM TIME TO TIME.
/+AT PRESENT