THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1980
CHEMISTRY TEACHERS TO DISCUSS SYLLABUS
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THREE HUNDRED CHEMISTRY TEACHERS FROM SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL ATTEND A SEMINAR THIS SATURDAY (JANUARY 5) TO DISCUSS THE DRAFT REVISED +CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS+ FOR FORMS IV AND V.
THE AIM OF THE SEMINAR IS TO INTRODUCE THE DRAFT SYLLABUS TO THE TEACHERS AND TO INVITE GENERAL COMMENTS FROM THEM.
THE CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS WAS RECENTLY REVISED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CHEMISTRY EXAMINATION SYLLABUS OF THE HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AUTHORITY.
+AFTER COLLATING COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK FROM SCHOOLS AND TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES, THE DRAFT SYLLABUS WILL BE FINALISED THIS SUMMER,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.
THE SEMINAR WILL INCLUDE ILLUSTRATED TALKS, DISCUSSIONS AND AN EXHIBITION OF PRACTICAL WORK AND RESOURCE MATERIAL, HE SAID. A DISPLAY OF CHEMISTRY BOOKS WILL ALSO BE ARRANGED.
MRS. LOUISE MOK, DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS WILL GIVE AN OPENING ADDRESS AT THE SEMINAR, TO BE FOLLOWED BY AN INTRODUCTORY TALK BY MR. W.M. TANG, SENIOR INSPECTOR (CHEMISTRY).
TWO CHEMISTRY INSPECTORS, MR. W.S. CHAN AND MR. K.M. MOK WILL SPEAK ON THE OBJECTIVES AND CONTENT OF THE REVISED SYLLABUS.
THE SEMINAR WILL BE HELD AT DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL, ARGYLE STREET, KOWLOON, FROM 9.30 AM TO 12.30 PM.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TO COVER THE SEMINAR ON THE DRAFT REVISED +CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS+. IT WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY (JANUARY 5) AT THE DIOCESAN BOYS' SCHOOL, ARGYLE STREET, KOWLOON, FROM 9.30 AM TO 12.30 PM.
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