FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1982
PRIVATE SCHOOLS THANKED FOR SUPPORT
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, TODAY (FRIDAY) THANKED SUPERVISORS AND PRINCIPALS OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF A GOVERNMENT STANDING COMMITTEE WHICH IS MONITORING DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS IN SCHOOLS.
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE HONG KONG PRIVATE ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION, MR HAYE SAID HEADS OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS HAD BEEN VERY HELPFUL AND FRANK IN FURNISHING INFORMATION CONCERNING DISCIPLINARY PROBLEMS IN SCHOOLS.
THE DIRECTOR ASSURED PRIVATE SCHOOL OPERATORS THAT WHAT THEY HAD REPORTED TO THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE TREATED IN THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE AND WOULD NOT BE USED AGAINST THE SCHOOLS CONCERNED.
+WHAT WE NEED IS A COMPLETELY TRUTHFUL PICTURE OF WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR SCHOOLS SO THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE VERY REAL PROBLEMS FACED IN THE CLASSROOMS,+ HE SAID.
TO HELP THE GOVERNMENT TO MEET DISCIPLINARY TROUBLES, MR HAYE SUGGESTED PRIVATE SCHOOL HEADS PUT DETAILED QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE PROBLEM TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SO THAT THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS MIGHT BE INCORPORATED IN A HANDBOOK OF SUGGESTIONS FOR MORAL EDUCATION.
HE ALSO INVITED OTHER PARTIES CONCERNED, INCLUDING TEACHERS, PARENTS, PUPILS, UNIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS, TO WRITE TO HIM IN CONFIDENCE, DESCRIBING THE IR PROBLEMS AND ASKING QUESTIONS OR MAKING SUGGESTIONS AS TO WHAT MIGHT BE INCORPORATED IN THE PROPOSED HANDBOOK.
*WE STILL BELIEVED THAT MORAL EDUCATION OUGHT TO PERMEATE THE ENTIRE SCHOOL CURRICULUM AND THAT IT SHOULD BE CAUGHT NOT TAUGHT.
→BUT THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT PRACTICAL ADVICE AND GUIDANCE IS NOT NECESSARY, AND WITH THE HELP OF THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING IN THIS AREA,+ MR HAYE NOTED.
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