FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1989
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MORE RESOURCES TO PROMOTF STUDENT COUNSELLING SERVICES
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SAID
COUNSELLING
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION. MR JOHN WINFIELD,
TODAY (FRIDAY) THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD PROVIDED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND FACILITIES FOR SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS TO PROMOTE GUIDANCE SERVICES.
AND
THE SPEAKING AT
CAREERS AND GUIDANCE MASTERS SEMINAR MR WINFIELD SAID SINCE 1982 THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD PROVIDED FIVE ADDITIONAL TEACHERS IN STAGES FOR EACH STANDARD-SIZED SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR TO IMPROVE SPECIFIC SERVICES.
THESE INCLUDED CAREERS ADVICE AND GENERAL GUIDANCE.
TO ASSIST SCHOOLS IN PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE GUIDANCE SERVICE FOR THEIR PUPILS, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PREPARED AND DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOLS IN 1986 A COMPREHENSIVE PAMPHLET WHICH SET OUT THE SUGGESTED ORGANISATION AND IMPLEMENTATION METHODS OF GUIDANCE COULD BE SERVICES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, AND SHOWED HOW THE SERVICES IMPLEMENTED EFFECTIVELY, MR WINFIELD SAID.
A REVIEW REPORT ON THE GUIDE HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOLS.
RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE IN THE REPORT BY A WORKING GROUP ON THE BASIS OF THE FEEDBACK. THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WAS CAREFULLY STUDYING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE
IN FACT, A GUIDANCE TEACHERS RESOURCES CENTRE WAS ESTABLISHED AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS BASED ON ONE OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
THIS WOULD BE SEEN AS A CLEAR INDICATION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENT TOWARDS STUDENT GUIDANCE WORK. MR WINFIELD
SAID.
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SECRETARY FOR CIVIL SERVICE VISITS AUDIT DEPARTMENT
THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE, MR HARNAM GREWAL. TODAY (FRIDAY) VISITED THE AUDIT DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE HIMSELF ON THE WORK AND OPERATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
MR GREWAL WAS BRIEFED ON THE ORGANISATION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT BY THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT, MR ROBERT HUTT, AND THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MR Y.K. LI.
/HE ALSO