FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1977
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IMPROVING QUALITY OF ADULT EDUCATION COURSES STRESSED
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+ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ASPECT OF THE EDUCATIONAL SCENE IN HONG KONG IS THE READINESS WITH WHICH STUDENTS OF ALL AGES ARE WILLING TO APPLY THEMSELVES TO THEIR STUDIES, SAID MR. JOHN WINFIELD, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (FURTHER), TODAY.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL SPEECH DAY OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSES OF THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION HELD AT THE QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOOL.
MR. WINFIELD SAID THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN STRIVING +TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE COURSES+ OFFERED WITHIN BUDGET LIMITATIONS.
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+WHAT WE EVENTUALLY HOPE TO DO IN A MODEST WAY, IMPROVE OUR COURSES BY EXTENDING THE CONTACT HOURS AND BY FINDING THE RIGHT SORT OF MANPOWER AND FACILITIES TO ENABLE US TO BOTH BROADEN AND ENRICH OUR CURRICULUM,+ HE SAID.
+WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO STRESS THE SCIENCE SUBJECTS MUCH MORE, FOR INSTANCE AND BECAUSE A SUBJECT LIKE CHEMISTRY CAN ONLY BE DONE EFFECTIVELY WHEN IT IS BASED ON APPROPRIATE PRACTICAL WORK, THIS MEANS WE MUST HAVE ACCESS TO SCHOOL LABORATORIES IN THE EVENINGS.+
HE ADDED: +1 AM PARTICULARLY KEEN THAT OUR PLANS WILL COME TO FRUITION BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELVES WHO ARE WILLING TO PURSUE THE EQUIVALENT OF A FULL-TIME EDUCATION IN THE EVENINGS, DESERVE ONLY THE BEST.+
HOWEVER. THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SAID THAT WITH IMPROVED DAY-TIME EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, THERE WOULD BE LESS NEED THAN AT PRESENT FOR SOME OF THE COURSES THAT THE ADULT EDUCATION SECTION WAS PROVIDING IN THE EVENINGS AT THE EQUIVALENT OF THE FORM 1 - 3 LEVEL.
+ IT MAY WELL BE THAT WITH BETTER DAY-TIME OPPORTUNITIES A DEMAND FOR AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT RANGE OF PART-TIME OPPORTUNITIES WILL EMERGE,+ HE POINTED OUT.
+PERHAPS THE EMPHASIS WILL BE NOT SO MUCH ON BASIC GENERAL EDUCATION BUT ON SPECIALISED AND PERSONAL FORMS OF CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION, MORE IN LINE WITH THE ADULT EDUCATION SERVICES PROVIDED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD SUCH AS THE UNITED KINGDOM, + HE SAID.
AT THE CEREMONY. MRS. WINFIELD DISTRIBUTED PRIZES AND CERTIFICATES TO THE STUDENTS.
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