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WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1983
THE SECOND PART OF MR LO'S PROPOSAL DEALT WITH THE PROBLEM OF EXISTING TEACHERS AND THE METHODS BY WHICH THEY COULD BE ENCOURAGED TO UPGRADE THEIR SKILLS.
WHILE AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE INTAKE AND THE STANDARDS OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHER TRAINING COURSES WOULD IN THE LONG RUN PRODUCE A BENEFICIAL EFFECT ON THE STANDARD OF TEACHING IN SCHOOLS, HE SAID, IT WAS DESIRABLE AT THE SAME TIME TO INCREASE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE TEACHERS AT PRESENT PRACTISING THEIR SKILLS IN SCHOOLS FOR TWO REASONS.
+IF IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSE ARE TO REALISE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, TWO CONDITIONS MUST BE MET. FIRSTLY, THERE NEEDS TO BE A SYSTEM OF INCENTIVES TO ENCOURAGE ALL TEACHERS TO ATTEND IN-SERVICE COURSES AND NOT JUST THE ENTHUSIASTIC MINORITY WHO ATTEND AT PRESENT.
+THESE INCENTIVES COULD BE EITHER OF THE POSITIVE VAR IETY, SUCH AS AWARDING ADDITIONAL POINTS ON THE SALARY SCALE TO THOSE TEACHERS WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE SUBSTANTIAL IN-SERVICE TRAINING, OR OF THE NEGATIVE VARIETY WHEREBY A BAR TO INCREMENTS ON THE SALARY IS PLACED FOR THOSE TEACHERS WHO DO NOT ATTEND COURSES OR A LITTLE OF BOTH.
+SECONDLY IN-SERVICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (INSET) COURSES NEED TO BE CO-ORDINATED INTO A MODULAR SYSTEM IN WHICH SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A SPECIFIED NUMBER OF INSET MODULES WOULD LEAD TO THE CONFERRAL BY THE UNIVERSITIES OF A B. ED. DEGREE OF EQUIVALENT STATUS TO THE PRE-SERVICE B. ED. DEGREE THAT I REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST PART OF MY PROPOSAL, HE SAID.
INDIVIDUAL INSET MODULES SHOULD BE OFFERED IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS - DAY-RELEASE, PART-TIME, SUMMER SCHOOL OR FULL-TIME AT A VARIETY OF INSTITUTIONS THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION, THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE CENTRES, THE INSTITUTE FOR LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION AND THE BRITISH COUNCIL.
THEY SHOULD ALSO COVER A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS JUDGED TO BE PROFESSIONALLY RELEVANT TO HONG KONG TEACHERS, SUCH AS LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THEIR SUBJECTS (E.G. COMPUTER STUDIES FOR MATHEMATICS TEACHERS), MORE EFFICIENT PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES (E.G. ACTIVITY LEARNING AND SMALL GROUP TEACHING), AND THE LINGUISTIC SKILLS REQUIRED TO TEACH SUBJECTS EFFECTIVELY THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF ENGLISH IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS (E.G. SPECIALISED COURSES IN ENGLISH FOR TEACHERS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY).
TURNING TO THE THIRD PART, MR LO SAID IT DEALT WITH THE PROBLEM OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS AND THE METHODS BY WHICH THEY COULD BE ENCOURAGED TO UPGRADE THE QUALITY OF THE TEACHING STAFF.
+GIVEN THE SYSTEM OF PRE-SERVICE AND IN-SERVICE CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS PROPOSED IN PARTS I AND II, IT IS DESIRABLE TO MAKE USE OF THIS SYSTEM IN THE ACCREDITATION OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
/+IF PRIVATE