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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1976
VISITS TO COLLEGES OF EDUCATION
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THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, MR. Q.W. LEE, AND ANOTHER MEMBER, MR. HENRY LIM, VISITED TWO COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN KOWLOON THIS MORNING.
THEY HAD INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND VICE-PRINCIPALS OF THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION WHO BRIEFED THEM ON DEVELOPMENTS IN TEACHER TRAINING.
WHILE THEY WERE AT GRANTHAM, THEY SAW, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THIRD YEAR STUDENTS DOING POTTERY IN THE ARTS STUDIOS AND ANOTHER GROUP OF THIRD YEAR STUDENTS UNDERGOING PHYSICAL EDUCATION TRAINING.
AT SIR ROBERT BLACK, THEY CHATTED INFORMALLY WITH SOME HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND VISITED THE LIBRARY AND LANGUAGE LABORATORY. THEY ALSO SAW TUTORIAL GROUPS IN ACTION.
PROFESSOR M.A. VISITED THE
YESTERDAY, THREE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD BRIMER. REV. DEREK REID AND MR. T.C. CHENG EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION STUDIOS IN BROADCAST DRIVE. THEY WERE BRIEFED BY THE DIRECTOR OF BROADCASTING, MR. JIMMY HAWTHORNE AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, (ETV), MR. SUN PING-KSU.
LATER THE THREE MEMBERS TOURED THE HOLY CARPENTER PRE-VOCATIONAL SCHOOL WHICH OFFERS THREE YEARS OF JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION WITH 50 PER CENT OF ITS CURRICULUM ON PRACTICAL SUBJECTS -- ELECTRICAL, MECHANICAL AND AUTOMOBILE.
THE CURRENT SERIES OF VISITS BY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS, ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 2.