TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1990
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DSS SCHOOLS TO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL FREEDOM
QUALIFIED NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS JOINING THE DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME (DSS) WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL FREEDOM IN SELECTING PUPILS, SETTING THE CURRICULA AND MANAGING THEIR OWN FINANCES.
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OF THE SCHEME IS THAT IT WILL PROVIDE MORE SCHOOLS FOR PARENTS TO CHOOSE FOR THEIR CHILDREN, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL SPEECH DAY OF THE DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL, MR LI ALSO SAID THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD STARTED TO DELEGATE MORE AUTHORITY TO SCHOOLS TO GIVE THEM GREATER AUTONOMY IN DETERMINING PROGRAMMES AND USING THE RESOURCES AT THEIR DISPOSAL.
"TODAY, WHEN WE HAVE REACHED THE POINT OF SUFFICIENT SCHOOL PLACES FOR ALL CHILDREN OF THE APPROPRIATE AGE GROUP, WE ARE AGAIN FACED WITH NEW CHALLENGES OF RAISING STANDARDS AND TACKLING MANY QUALITY RELATED ISSUES," HE SAID.
MR LI EXPLAINED THAT ON THE QUESTION OF QUALITY IN EDUCATION, IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE RELATING ΤΟ SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT, TEACHER EDUCATION AND THE CURRICULUM.
"HOWEVER, THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NOT ENOUGH. WE STILL NEED ΤΟ REVIEW FURTHER THE CURRICULUM AND BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS RELATING TO THE NINE YEARS OF FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION AND TO EXAMINE WHETHER INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AMONG STUDENTS HAVE BEEN FULLY CATERED FOR, HE SAID.
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MR LI STRESSED THAT THERE WAS ALSO THE NEED TO TACKLE THE "HOTLY-DEBATED" QUESTION OF LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION AND TO DECIDE WHAT SOLUTION WOULD BEST MEET THE NEEDS AND ASPIRATION OF THE COMMUNITY.
ALL THESE ISSUES, WOULD BE DEALT WITH BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IN ITS FOURTH REPORT WHICH WOULD BE PUBLISHED SOON, НЕ SAID.
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"THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND GOVERNMENT WILL BE MOST INTERESTED IN THE VIEWS GENERATED FROM DISCUSSIONS WITHIN THE EDUCATIONAL CIRCLE AS WELL AS IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE," HE ADDED.
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