TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1976
SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
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THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK SERVICE WHICH HAS BEEN PROMOTED AND CONDUCTED BY THE EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENTS FOR OVER TWO YEARS WAS TODAY DESCRIBED AS A MEANINGFUL PILOT SCHEME+ EY MISS KO SIU-WAH, A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
SPEAKING AT THE JOINT GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS COLLEGES AT THE CITY HALL, MISS KO SAID THE AIM OF THE SERVICE WAS TWOFOLD -- REMEDIAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL,
SHE ADDED: THE SERVICE IS DESIGNED TO PREVENT PUPILS FROM BECOMING ANTI-SOCIAL OR DELINQUENT AND TO HELP SOLVE PROBLEMS RELATING TO THEIR BEHAVIOUR OR FAMILY RELATIONSHIP, THUS IMPROVING THEIR BEHAVIOUR AND PERFORMANCE IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL.
+UNDER THIS SCHEME THE RESPECTIVE ROLES OF PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS ARE CLEARLY DEFINED.
+EY VIRTUE OF THEIR DAY-TO-DAY CONTACT WITH THE PUPILS, TEACHERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO HANDLE ALL PROBLEMS INITIALLY= IF THEY ENCOUNTER DIFFICULTIES BEYOND THEIR ABILITY TO SOLVE, THEY ARE TO REFER THE PUPILS TO THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS THROUGH THE SCHOOL HEAD.+
MISS KO POINTED OUT THAT SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS WERE PARTICULARLY HELPFUL IN DEALING WITH PUPILS' PROBLEMS RELATING TO FAMILY RELATIONSHIP AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WHICH OFTEN NECESSITATE HOME VISITS.
SEVENTEEN SCHOOLS
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FOUR SECONDARIES AND 13 PRIMARIES - IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF HONG KONG WERE COVERED BY THE PILOT SCHEME FOR THE PRESENT SCHOOL YEAR.
M133 KO EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT ONE OF THE COLLEGES IN THE TUNG WAH GROUP WOULD JOIN THE SCHEME NEXT YEAR.
REFERRING TO EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, M133 KO SAID THAT IN THE LAST TEN YEARS OR SO THERE HAD BEEN A GREAT INCREASE IN THE NUMBER AND VARIETY OF SUCH ACTIVITIES ECT: WITHIN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AND ON A COMMUNITY-WIDE BASIS.
+THESE ACTIVITIES HAVE COME TO PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE ALL-ROUND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, PROVIDING THEM WITH EXPERIENCES AND CHALLENGES NOT POSSIBLE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE CLASSROOM AND THE MORE ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES,+ SHE SAID.
MISS KO NOTED THAT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND SOCIAL SERVICE BODIES HAD SUCCESSFULLY ORGANISED AMBITIOUS AND COMPREHENSIVE SUMMER PROGRAMMES OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR THE
YOUNG.
THE GROWING