TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1980
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COURSE FOR MATHS TEACHERS
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A COURSE ON THE USE OF ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS IN SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS WILL BE REPEATED IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS TO ENABLE MORE MATHEMATICS TEACHERS TO ATTEND.
AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID SIMILAR COURSES HELD IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER LAST YEAR WERE HEAVILY OVERSUBSCRIBED.
+ IN VIEW OF THE ENTHUSIASM OF UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS AND AT THE REQUEST OF MANY OTHER TEACHERS, IT IS DECIDED TO REPEAT THIS COURSE FOR SIX MORE GROUPS OF TEACHERS,+ HE SAID.
THE HALF-DAY COURSE WILL COVER ELEMENTARY OPERATIONS OF VARIOUS TYPES OF CALCULATORS, RANGING FROM THE ELEMENTARY ONES TO THE MORE COMPLEX PROGRAMMABLE TYPE.
A SELECTION OF MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE MATHEMATICS SYLLABUSES WILL BE USED TO DEMONSTRATE THE CAPABILITIES OF THE MODELS AVAILABLE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
LECTURES, PRACTICAL WORK AND DISCUSSIONS IN CANTONESE WILL BE CONDUCTED DURING THE COURSE WHICH WILL BE HELD EITHER ON TUESDAY AFTERNOONS OR SATURDAY MORNINGS AT THE MATHEMATICS TEACHING CENTRE IN NORTH POINT.
NO FEE IS CHARGED FOR THE COURSE, AND ATTENDANCE WILL NOT LEAD TO ANY NEW QUAL IF ICATIONS.
EACH SESSION IS FOR 25 TEACHERS AND APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A FIRST-COME FIRST-SERVED BASIS.
+HOWEVER, PRIORITY WILL BE GIVEN TO THOSE APPLICANTS WHO WERE NOT SELECTED FOR COURSES LAST YEAR DUE TO OVERSUBSCRIPTION,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SENT THROUGH HEADS OF SCHOOLS BEFORE FEBRUARY 29 TO THE PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR (MATHEMATICS), MATHEMATICS SECTION, ADVISORY INSPECTORATE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, LEE GARDENS, FIFTH FLOOR, HONG KONG.
ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE COURSE CAN BE MADE WITH THE MATHEMATICS SECTION ON TELEPHONE 5-774001 EXT 47.
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