WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1991
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FAR-REACHING EFFECTS ON QUALITY OF EDUCATION
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FOURTH A NEW OF
FAR-REACHING
IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION'S REPORT NOW BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT, IN PARTICULAR
AND FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
THE INTRODUCTION FRAMEWORK
TARGETS AND RELATED ASSESSMENTS, WILL HAVE EFFECTS ON THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION IN OUR SCHOOLS.
ATTAINMENT
CHAN, SAID THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN
ADDING: "THESE THIS IN
(WEDNESDAY), THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY
WE ARE EFFECTS SHOULD BECOME EVIDENT TOWARDS THE END OF THE DECADE. CONVINCED THAT THEY WILL BE BENEFICIAL.
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MR CHAN SALD IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF SCHOOL EDUCATION WAS OF THE TWIN PILLARS SUPPORTING EDUCATION STRATEGY FOR THE 1990S, OTHER BEING THE EXPANSION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION.
ONE
THE
HAVING ACHIEVED QUANTITATIVE TARGETS IN THE PROVISION OF SCHOOL WERE NOW PLACES, OR VERY NEARLY DONE SO, THE GOVERNMENT'S SIGHTS FIRMLY SET ON IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION.
OF THE ELEMENTS UNDERPINNING QUALITY, HE SAID, TWO STOOD OUT AS THE MOST IMPORTANT THE CURRICULUM AND THE TEACHERS.
MR CHAN
REFERRED
ON
CURRICULUM. THE
TO IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION'S FOURTH REPORT WHICH WERE NOW BEING IMPLEMENTED:
UP BY AND
A NEW CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE WILL BE SET APRIL NEXT YEAR; AND A SYSTEM OF ATTAINMENT TARGETS TARGET RELATED ASSESSMENTS IN THE CORE SUBJECTS OF ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS WILL BE INTRODUCED BY 1994.
CHINESE,
ENSURING THAT
HAVE THE
A PACKAGE OF MEASURES IS BEING DEVELOPED TO ENCOURAGE MOTHER
TEACHING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WHILE TONGUE THOSE RECEIVING AN ENGLISH-MEDIUM LINGUISTIC ABILITY TO BENEFIT FROM IT.
GUIDANCE AND STRENGTHENED
EDUCATION
SERVICES IN SCHOOLS COUNSELLING
MORE ATTENTION IS BEING GIVEN AND WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
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ARE BEING PUPILS
OF THE
MR CHAN ALSO SAID THAT ARISING OUT OF EARLIER REPORTS EDUCATION COMMISSION, THE CURRICULUM AT THE SIXTH FORM LEVEL WAS BEING BROADENED.
FORM WILL
LEVEL THE NEW
"FROM NEXT SEPTEMBER ALL THOSE ENTERING THE SIXTH TAKE A STANDARD TWO-YEAR COURSE WHICH, IN ADDITION TO ADVANCED SUBJECTS, WILL INITIALLY PROVIDE A CHOICE OF 17 SUBJECTS AT ADVANCED SUPPLEMENTARY LEVEL.
"MEANWHILE, THE EXPANSION OF SIXTH FORM PLACES INCREASED ADMISSION SYSTEM INTRODUCED THIS YEAR HAVE ABOUT 3,000 COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR,
"
HE SAID.
AND THE ENROLMENT
NEW BY
/ON TEACHERS
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