WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1977
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NEW SERIES OF CHINESE LANGUAGE PRIMARY TEXTBOOKS
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS ADVISED THE HEADS OF ALL PRIMARY SCHOOLS THAT A NUMBER OF SERIES OF NEW PRIMARY CHINESE LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED BY VARIOUS PUBLISHERS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1975 SYLLABUS FOR CHINESE LANGUAGE (PRIMARY) WHICH IS TO START FROM SEPTEMBER 1977.
THIS IS THE RESULT OF CLOSE LIAISON BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT AND EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS, SAID MR. ARTHUR BROWN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), IN A GENERAL SCHOOLS CIRCULAR.
HE SAID: THOSE SERIES WHICH ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE TEXTBOOKS COMMITTEE WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE +RECOMMENDED LIST+ TO BE ISSUED TO SCHOOLS IN MAY, 1977.
+SCHOOLS WHICH INTEND TO CHANGE CHINESE LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS FOR THE COMING ACADEMIC YEAR ARE STRONGLY ADVISED TO SELECT THEIR SERIES FROM THE MAY, 1977 +RECOMMENDED LIST+, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED FROM VARIOUS PUBLISHERS COMPLIMENTARY SAMPLES OF NEW CHINESE LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS.
+SCHOOLS MAY CHANGE THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE SERIES, THAT IS PRIMARY 1 TO PRIMARY 6 IN SEPTEMBER, 1977, BUT ARE OF COURSE NOT OBLIGED TO DO SO.+
MR. BROWN SAID THAT PUBLISHERS HAD ALSO AGREED NOT TO PRODUCE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 1976 SYLLABUS FOR ENGLISH (PRIMARY) UNTIL SEPTEMBER, 1978. THEREFORE NO PRIMARY ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE 1977 +RECOMMENDED LIST+.
+SCHOOLS ARE THEREFORE ADVISED NOT TO CHANGE THE IR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEXTBOOKS UNTIL THE 1978 +RECOMMENDED LIST+ IS CIRCULARIZED, + MR. BROWN SAID.
HE REQUESTED THE HEADS OF SCHOOLS TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF ALL TEACHERS OF CHINESE LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE TO THE CONTENTS OF HIS CIRCULAR.