FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1987
WERE THE AN
REGISTERED 8.9 PER CENT
ACTS OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AND CONVICTION FOR CRIMES
BEHAVIOUR OF DELINQUENT
WHICH ONLY TWO CATEGORIES INCREASE OF 523 CASES OR 10.1 PER CENT AND 11 CASES OR RESPECTIVELY.
WERE
17,225 INCIDENTS
A TOTAL OF 14,866 INCIDENTS OF
BEHAVIOUR DELINQUENT REPORTED BY SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN 1985-86 AS AGAINST IN 1984-85 (-13.7 PER CENT).
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, THEFT AS IN THE PREVIOUS SURVEYS, ACTS OF
WERE THE THREE MOST COMMON TYPES AND INVOLVEMENT IN GAMBLING
OF THE DELINQUENT DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR. THEY ACCOUNT FOR 82 PER CENT OF BEHAVIOURAL INCIDENTS REPORTED BY SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN 1985-86.
BEHAVIOUR AGAINST 1985-86 MARGINAL 0.2 PER
THE SURVEY ALSO COVERED INCIDENTS OF UNRULY SCHOOL DISCIPLINE. A TOTAL OF 127,945 CASES WERE REPORTED IN AS AGAINST 127,752 CASES IN 1984-85 REPRESENTING A CENT INCREASE.
HABITUAL LATENESS
(19.3
PER CENT OF UNRULY BEHAVIOURAL INCIDENTS), DISCIPLINARY OFFENCES TO ATTRACT ATTENTION (17.8 PER CENT) AND INSOLENT OR REBELLIOUS BEHAVIOUR (17.1 PER CENT) REMAINED THE THREE COMMON TYPES OF UNRULY BEHAVIOUR AS IN THE PREVIOUS SURVEYS.
TOP
WAS A THERE WAS A
THE FINDINGS OF THE SURVEY ALSO SHOWED THAT WHILE THERE SUBSTANTIAL DROP IN MOST TYPES OF DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR, SHIFT IN THE BROAD CATEGORY OF UNRULY BEHAVIOUR TO MILDER OFFENCES.
OF THE STUDENTS INVOLVED
IN 1-3 STUDENTS,
PARTICULAR THOSE SHOWED THAT SECONDARIES SECONDARY 2, ARE MORE PRONE TO THE TYPES OF MISCONDUCT COVERED IN
STUDENTS INVOLVED. SURVEY. THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 76 PER CENT OF ALL THE THIS PATTERN IS THE SAME AS IN THAT IN THE THREE PREVIOUS SURVEYS.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS
THE 1985-86 SURVEY COVERED ALL 424
HONG KONG AND THERE WAS A 98 PER CENT RESPONSE RATE.
A
SPOKESMAN
FOR
THE
EDUCATION
IN
THE
SECONDARY DAY SCHOOLS
IN
(FRIDAY)
DEPARTMENT
TODAY
THE DEPARTMENT
SAID: "TO ASSIST SCHOOLS TO DEAL WITH THESE PROBLEMS, HAS BEEN GIVING ADVICE TO SCHOOLS ON WAYS OF ORGANISING COUNSELLING SYSTEMS IN SCHOOLS.
GUIDANCE TO SCHOOLS "IT HAS ALSO BEEN GIVING REMEDIAL TEACHING, AND IN STRENGTHENING MORAL AND CIVIC WELL AS EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS.
"MOREOVER,
A TWO-YEAR
PILOT SCHOOLS SUPPORT LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 1986 WITH THE AIM OF PROVIDING THE SUPPORT OF EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS TO SECONDARY SCHOOL HANDLING STUDENTS'
IN STRENGTHENING
SERVICE IN SCHOOLS.
PROBLEMS
H
AND
GUIDANCE AND
IN ORGANISING
EDUCATION AS
SCHEMB
WAS
PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS IN
THE
GUIDANCE
L
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