SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1986
UNDER THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (FIRE PRECAUTIONS IN NOTIFIABLE WORKPLACES) REGULATIONS, FACTORY PROPRIETORS WERE REQUIRED TO OBSERVE ALL THESE SAFETY MEASURES AND FAILURE TO DO SO MIGHT MAKE THEM LIABLE TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $30 000 ON CONVICTION, HE ADDED.
PROPRIETORS AND WORKERS WHO HAVE QUERIES ABOUT USING THE DRYING CABINETS MAY CONTACT THE BRANCH OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT'S FACTORY INSPECTORATE FOR ADVICE.
GUIDANCE OFFICERS HELPING TO IMPROVE EDUCATION QUALITY
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS DEPLOYED ABOUT 150 STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICERS TO HELP PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS HANDLE PUPILS WITH EDUCATIONAL AND PERSONAL PROBLEMS AS PART OF EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING.
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF HEADS OF SUBSIDISED PRIMARY SCHOOLS, MR LEUNG SAID THE STUDENT GUIDANCE SCHEME, INTRODUCED IN 1978, WAS ALSO TO PROMOTE PREVENTIVE MEASURES TO HELP PUPILS WITH MORAL AND BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS.
TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH EDUCATION REGULATIONS, HE SAID STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICERS ALSO PLAYED A ROLE IN CARRYING OUT INVESTIGATION INTO CASES OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 15 WHO DROPPED OUT FROM SCHOOLS WITHOUT REASON.
APART FROM ALLOCATING CONSIDERABLE RESOURCES TO STUDENT GUIDANCE SCHEME, MR LEUNG SAID SUBSTANTIAL RESOURCES WERE ALSO AVAILABLE TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF A PRIMARY CLASS.
PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PUPILS FROM 45 TO 40 FOR EACH NORMAL CLASS AND TO 35 PUPILS FOR PRIMARY 1 TO 3 CLASSES ADOPTING THE ACTIVITY APPROACH, HE SAID.
THIS WOULD LEAD TO AN IMPROVEMENT IN EDUCATION QUALITY AS TEACHERS COULD DEVOTE MORE TIME TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL CHILDREN AND MEET SPECIAL NEEDS.
SINCE SEPTEMBER 1982, THE RATIO OF TEACHERS TO CLASS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS WAS INCREASED FROM 1:1 TO 1.211.
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AS A RESULT, FIVE MORE TEACHERS WERE EMPLOYED BY EACH STANDARD PRIMARY SCHOOL WITH 24 CLASSES OPERATING BOTH AM AND PM SESSIONS.
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