SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1985
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CIVIC EDUCATION CENTRE TO BE SET UP
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A CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE FOR TEACHERS WILL BE SET UP AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S ADVISORY INSPECTORATE TEACHING CENTRE IN NORTH POINT SHORTLY, THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), DR Y.F. KONG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
ADDRESSING 200 SCHOOL HEADS AND CIVIC EDUCATION COORDINATORS AT THE OPENING OF THE CIVIC EDUCATION SEMINAR AT GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, DR KONG SAID THE CENTRE WOULD BE STOCKED WITH PRINTED MATERIAL AS WELL AS AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES,
TEACHING AIDS AND MODULES DESIGNED BY CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT TEAMS WOULD ALSO BE ON DISPLAY, HE ADDED,
AT TODAY'S SEMINAR, TWO SETS OF REFERENCE MATERIAL WERE DISTRIBUTED A LIST OF EDUCATION TELEVISION PROGRAMME RELEVANT TO CIVIC EDUCATION AND A SELECTED CATALOGUE OF AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS FOR CIVIC EDUCATION.
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IN ADDITION, A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS ON CIVIC EDUCATION WOULD BE ORGANISED ON A SUBJECT BASIS IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
IN THIS CONNECTION, DR KONG EXTENDED HIS INVITATION TO TEACHERS TO JOIN THESE IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMMES.
CALLING ON SCHOOLS TO SHOW SUPPORT AND COOPERATION DR KONG SAID THE SUCCESS OF CIVIC EDUCATION DEPENDED ON TWO MAIN FACTORS: THE COMMITMENT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION AND THE RESPONSE BY SCHOOLS.
ON THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENT, DR KONG SAID IT WAS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATED BY CONSULTATIONS MADE BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF THE GUIDELINES OF CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, THE IN-SERVICE AND PRE-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMMES TO GO WITH THEM, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RESOURCE CENTRE, AND THE ORGANISING OF A SERIES OF SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOL HEADS AND TEACHERS.
+ IF SCHOOL AUTHORITIES ARE KEEN TO DEVELOP A PROGRAMME OF CIVIC EDUCATION, THEY SHOULD MAKE USE OF OUR REFERENCE MATERIAL, NOMINATE TEACHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS, AND IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR PARTICULAR NEEDS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, J DEVISE MEANS TO PROMOTE THIS TOPIC THROUGH THEIR CURRICULUM, HE SAID.
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DR KONG APPEALED TO SCHOOLS TO FULFIL THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE SOCIETY WHICH EXPECTED THEM TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION SO THAT THE PRESENT GENERATION OF PUPILS WOULD BE UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
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