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TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1976
IF THEY WISHED, MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES COULD BE INVITED TO TAKE PART IN THE DISCUSSION.
+ INDEED, THE UNDERSTANDING, ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT OF THE IR FAMILIES PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THEIR RECOVERY, + HE SAID.
DR. CHAN SAID THE RESPONSE TO THIS NEW METHOD OF TREATMENT HAS BEEN SATISFACTORY.
SO FAR ABOUT 4,000 PEOPLE HAVE REGISTERED AT THE CENTRES AND THE DAILY ATTENDANCE RATE IS ABOUT 60 PER CENT.
MORE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IMPLEMENT
NEW JUNIOR SCIENCE CURRICULUM ******
THERE HAS BEEN A RAPID INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTING THE NEW JUNIOR SCIENCE CURRICULUM, THE ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PROFESSIONAL), MR. ARTHUR BROWN SAID TODAY AT THE OPENING OF A SIX-DAY REFRESHER COURSE FOR ABOUT 150 FORM 2 SCIENCE TEACHERS AT ST. STEPHEN'S GIRLS' COLLEGE.
ABOUT 65 MORE SCHOOLS HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WILL IMPLEMENT THE NEW FORM 1- FORM 3 SCIENCE CURRICULUM NEXT MONTH, BRINGING THE TOTAL TO ABOUT 180 SCHOOLS WHICH WILL FOLLOW THE INTEGRATED SCIENCE CURRICULUM IN THE COMING ACADEMIC YEAR.
MR. BROWN RECALLED THAT ONLY 20 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN 1973 WHEN THE INTEGRATED SCIENCE CURRICULUM WAS FIRST INTRODUCED AS A PILOT PROJECT.
+ I SHOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP IN SPREADING THE NEW IDEAS EMBODIED IN THIS CURRICULUM TO OTHER TEACHERS WHO HAVE NOT ATTENDED ANY OF THE REFRESHER COURSES SO FAR AND ALSO TO ASK FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION IN EVALUATING THIS CURRICULUM, + MR. BROWN SAID.
TEACHERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS ON THE CURRICULUM WERE INVITED TO SEND THEM TO THE SCIENCE
INSPECTORS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
TEACHERS ATTENDING THE PRESENT REFRESHER COURSE WILL GO TO SIX DIFFERENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO DO PRACTICAL WORK.
THIS WILL GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SEE THE DIFFERENT SETTING OF LABORATORIES IN THESE SCHOOLS.
+SUCH A WORTHWHILE OPPORTUNITY IS THE RESULT OF THE CO-OPERATION OF MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE ORIGINAL PILOT SCHEME AND IS MUCH APPRECIATED, + MR. BROWN SAID.
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