WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1983
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+ IF PRIVATE SCHOOLS WERE REQUIRED TO MAKE PUBLIC THE QUALIFICATIONS HELD BY ALL TEACHERS ON THEIR STAFF, THEN, ON ONE HAND, PARENTS WOULD HAVE A CLEARER IDEA OF THE RELATIVE QUALITY OF THE SCHOOLS THEY WERE CONSIDERING SENDING THEIR CHILDREN TO +ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE WOULD BE A STRONG INCENTIVE FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO UPGRADE THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THEIR TEACHERS.
+MOREOVER, AND THIS IS AN ADDED BONUS TO THE SCHEME, AT A CERTAIN POINT IN THIS UPGRADING PROCESS, WHEN THE SCHOOL MANAGEMENT, BUILDING AND TEACHERS COULD BE SHOWN TO BE OF
THE DESIRED QUALITY, THEN A CERTIFICATE OF ACCREDITATION COULD BE GRANTED TO THE SCHOOL TO SHOW THAT IN ALL RESPECTS IT WAS OF AN EQUIVALENT STANDARD TO SCHOOLS IN THE GOVERNMENT-AIDED SECTOR,+ HE SAID.
MR LO SAID THAT SCHOOLS, UNLIKE UNIVERSITIES AND POLYTECHNICS, AFFECTED ALL CHILDREN AND THEIR QUALITY WOULD HAVE A PROFOUND EFFECT ON OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND THUS OUR FUTURE.
+1 FULLY APPRECIATE THAT IT WOULD BE AN MONUMENTAL TASK TO UPGRADE THAT QUALITY, LET US BEGIN AT ONCE,+ HE SAID.
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GOVERNMENT PRAISED FOR EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) BILL ******
SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) BILL 1983 AT ITS RESUMED DEBATE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY), THREE UNOFFICIALS PRAISED THE GOVERNMENT FOR ITS WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN TO PROBLEMS AND ITS PROMPTNESS TO TAKE REMEDIAL MEASURES.
THEY WERE DR THE HON HARRY FANG, REV THE HON JOYCE BENNETT AND THE HON SELINA CHOW.
DR FANG CONGRATULATED THE GOVERNMENT ON ITS SPEEDY RESPONSE TO PROBLEMS AND SUCCESS IN PRODUCING ACCEPTABLE SOLUTIONS.
+FTS WILLINGNESS TO LISTEN, READINESS TO APPRECIATE PROBLEMS, AND PROMPTNESS IN TAKING REMEDIAL MEASURES ASSURE US THAT WE HAVE A GOOD PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND AN OPEN GOVERNMENT, HE SAID.
HE SAID THAT THE INCLUSION OF NURSERY CLASSES FOR THREE-YEAR OLDS UNDER THE AMBIT OF EDUCATION, AS PROPOSED IN THE BILL, WOULD STREAMLINE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS ON THE PROVISION OF PRE-PRIMARY EDUCATION TO YOUNG CHILDREN.
HE ADDED THAT IT WOULD BE WELCOMED BY KINDERGARTEN OPERATORS AND PARENTS ALIKE.
THE REV JOYCE BENNETT ALSO THANKED THE CIVIL SERVANTS CONCERNED WITH THIS BILL FOR LISTENING TO THE CRITICISMS OF THE OPERATORS OF KINDERGARTENS WHO RESENTED THE PROPOSALS TO SEPARATE THE EDUCATION OF THE YOUNGEST CHILDREN FROM THE TWO YEARS OF KINDERGARTEN SCHOOLING.+
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