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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1981
TEACHERS TO LEARN ABOUT SSPA INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
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THREE SEMINARS ON INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SYSTEM WILL BE HELD IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.
+THESE SEMINARS AIM AT ACQUAINTING PARTICIPANTS WITH MODERN CONCEPTS OF ASSESSMENTS AND TESTING, AND PROVIDING THEM WITH PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS IN QUESTIONING TECHNIQUES, CONTENTS OF QUESTION PAPERS, MARKING SCHEMES, AND WEIGHING OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS COMPONENTS, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE TEACHING CHINESE, ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS AT PRIMARY 5 AND 6 LEVELS, SHOULD ATTEND ONE OF THE THREE SEMINARS WHICH WILL BE HELD AT TWO DIFFERENT CENTRES IN HONG KONG AND KOWLOON.
CONTENTS OF THE SEMINARS WILL INCLUDE TALKS ON INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS AND THE ACADEMIC APTITUDE TEST, AND TALKS AND DISCUSSIONS, BY SUBJECT, CONDUCTED BY INSPECTORS OF CHINESE, ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS OF THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE.
+AS THE SEMINARS IN PREVIOUS YEARS WERE GREATLY OVERSUBSCRIBED, PRINCIPALS ARE ADVISED NOT TO NOMINATE TEACHERS WHO HAD ALREADY PARTICIPATED IN SIMILAR SEMINARS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
HEADS OF SCHOOLS WISHING TO RECOMMEND THE IR TEACHERS TO ATTEND THE SEMINARS SHOULD APPLY BEFORE SEPTEMBER 28 TO THE SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER, SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SECTION, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, BLOCK +AA+, 2ND FLOOR, VICTORIA BARRACKS, QUEENSWAY, HONG KONG.
ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE BY TELEPHONING THE SECTION ON 5-272013.
LITTER BUGS WARNED
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UNIFORMED LITTER WARDENS WILL BE STEPPING UP THEIR ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST OFFENDERS THROUGHOUT THE NEW TERRITORIES.
FROM TUESDAY, WITH THE APPROACH OF THE CLEAN HONG KONG CAMPAIGN, LITTER WARDENS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL BE DEPLOYED AT ALL BLACKSPOTS+ TO WATCH OVER LITTER BUGS.
THE PENALTY FOR LITTERING CAN BE $1.000 ON THE FIRST OFFENCE AND $2 000 SUBSEQUENTLY, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE NTSD SAID.
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