15
AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, INCLUDE
HE
STRENGTHENING
WOULD
TEACHERS FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL SECONDARY STUDENTS BELONGING TO THE BOTTOM 10 PER CENT OF THE RANGE.
SAID REMEDIAL SCHOOLS
TEACHING WHICH
OTHER ENHANCEMENT MEASURES AND PROVIDING
CATERED
FOR
JUNIOR
ABILITY
BE IMPLEMENTED TO A PILOT SCHEME WOULD CONCURRENTLY EXTRA ASSISTANCE FOR ACADEMICALLY GIFTED CHILDREN.
PROVIDE
OTHER PROPOSALS EXPLAINED AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING WERE:
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
SEPARATE DIVISION THE COMMISSION, MR LI SAID, FELT THAT A NEW
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WHICH SHOULD BE SET UP WITHIN
WOULD BE THAT RECRUITMENT DEDICATED SOLELY TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT WORK AND
THE NEW CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE TO SOME OF THE POSTS IN
TALENTS SHOULD BE MADE OPEN TO NON-CIVIL SERVANTS TO MAKE GOOD USE OF OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT.
BETTER MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS
FINDING OUT
B ΤΟ DECIDE WHICH
MR LI SAID IN THE PAST, THE MAIN INTEREST WAS IN WHETHER CHILD A WAS PERFORMING BETTER THAN CHILD SHOULD BE GIVEN A PLACE AT THE NEXT LEVEL OF EDUCATION.
THE COMMISSION'S
THE
VIEW WAS THAT A FRAMEWORK OF ATTAINMENT TARGETS AND TARGET-RELATED ASSESSMENTS SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED OVER NEXT DECADE.
INDIVIDUAL WAY OF MORE LEARNING MUCH
SUITED TO CHILDREN'S "WITH TARGETS SET AT LEVELS ABILITIES, AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS MADE MORE APPARENT BY INFORMATIVE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS, STUDENTS WILL FIND MORE MEANINGFUL," HE SAID.
BRANDED AS "THE IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT A CHILD SHOULD NOT BE
COMPARE WELL WITH HIS A FAILURE AS IN THE PAST BECAUSE HE DOES NOT CLASSMATES, HE ADDED.
MR LI EMPHASISED THAT EVEN IF THE CHILD HAD MOVED FROM LEVEL TO ONLY LEVEL 2 IN, FOR EXAMPLE, MATHEMATICS WHILE HIS CLASSMATES
ALBEIT PROGRESS,
NOT ΤΟ MOVED TO LEVEL 3, HE HAD ALREADY MADE SAME EXTENT AS THE OTHERS.
1
HAD
THE
"AND THE NEW SYSTEM WILL ENABLE WHICH AREAS HE IS WEAK AND TO GIVE HIM EXPLAINED.
THE
ΤΟ TEACHER
IDENTIFY SUPPORT ACCORDINGLY, MR
IN
I
LI
LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION
THE
"WITHOUT DEPARTING FROM ITS PREVIOUS STANCE OF ENCOURAGING
MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION, AND
FROM REFRAINING USE OF CHINESE AS THE
AN APPROPRIATE MEDIUM, DEPRIVING SCHOOLS OF THEIR FREEDOM TO CHOOSE
IN SCHOOLS THE COMMISSION HAS COME OUT AGAINST THE USE OF MIXED CODE
FULL AS SUCH PRACTICE RESULTS IN CHILDREN NOT BEING PROFICIENT IN THE RANGE OF LANGUAGE SKILLS IN EITHER CHINESE OR ENGLISH," HE SAID.
/THE COMMISSION