TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1982
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COMPUTER STUDIES INTRODUCED IN 30 SCHOOLS
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THIRTY SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR WILL INTRODUCE COMPUTER STUDIES INTO THEIR CURRICULUM ON A TRIAL BASIS THIS SEPTEMBER.
THE SUBJECT WILL BE INTRODUCED AT FORM 4 LEVEL AND WILL BE EXTENDED TO FORM 5 NEXT YEAR.
BY MAY 1984, IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT THE INTRODUCTION OF COMPUTER STUDIES WAS IN LINE WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF THE 1978 WHITE PAPER ON SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION, WHICH ADVOCATED A BROADENING OF THE CURRICULUM TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF ABILITIES.
IT WAS HOPED THAT THE NEW SUBJECT WOULD ENABLE STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE FUNCTIONS, USES AND LIMITATIONS OF COMPUTERS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT IT SHOULD ALSO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDY OF MODERN METHODS OF INFORMATION PROCESSING ENCOURAGE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPLICATION OF COMPUTERS IN THE MODERN WORLD AND PREPARE STUDENTS FOR FURTHER STUDIES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE PILOT SCHEME, DESIGNED TO TEST THE PRACTICABILITY OF THE COMPUTER STUDIES TEACHING SYLLABUS APPROVED LAST YEAR BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, WOULD BE FULLY REVIEWED IN 1984.
+SUBJECT TO THE PROGRESS OF THE SCHEME AND THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, PLANS ARE IN HAND TO EXTEND COMPUTER STUDIES TO A WIDER RANGE OF SCHOOLS WITH EFFECT FROM SEPTEMBER 1984, HE NOTED.
HE ADDED THAT THE MAIN CRITERIA FOR SELECTING THE SCHOOLS FOR THE PILOT SCHEME WERE THEIR ENTHUSIASM, INTEREST AND SUPPORT FOR THE COMPUTER STUDIES COURSE DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PERIOD.
IN ADDITION, A NUMBER OF LEADING SPONSORING BODIES WHO REQUESTED A TRY-OUT OF THE SUBJECT IN ONE OF THE IR SCHOOLS HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN THE SCHEME, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE SCHOOLS TAKING PART IN THE PILOT SCHEME ARE 1
(1) ABERDEEN TECHNICAL SCHOOL.
(2) BISHOP HALL JUBILEE SCHOOL,
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BUDDHIST SUM HEUNG LAM MEM COL,
(4) c.C.C. MONG MAN WA! COLLEGE.
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