WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1992
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PARENTS' PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL MANAGEMENT ENCOURAGED
AND THE
PARENTS
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ENCOURAGED ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF TEACHERS IN SCHOOL MANAGEMENT BY PROVIDING SUCH OPPORTUNITIES IN COMMITTEE UNDER THE SCHOOL CONSTITUTION OF THE MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE (SMI), THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WITH
AN ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
THE
ON THE SMI, THE HELP OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS DEVELOPED A WIDE RANGE OF REFERENCE MATERIALS TO HELP SCHOOLS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS ADAPT TO SMI, HE SAID.
CHOOSE SUITABLE THEIR TIME AND MANAGEMENT
BUT IT WILL BE UP TO PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO REPRESENTATIVES
ARE ABLE AND WILLING TO DEVOTE WHO EXPERIENCE TO FURTHER THEIR CONSTITUENTS' INTERESTS ON THE COMMITTEE.
"THE OVERALL QUESTION OF TEACHERS' WORKLOAD IS A SEPARATE ISSUE THE SECRETARY WHICH IS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, ADDED.
IN
AIDED WOULD
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON STEPHEN NG MING-YUM THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHAN SAID THE FIRST BATCH OF 21
LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER SCHOOLS THAT JOINED THE SCHEME EXPERIENCE THE FULL EFFECTS OF OPERATING UNDER THE SMI DURING 1992-93, WHEN THEY WOULD BE GIVEN GREATER FLEXIBILITY IN THE SPENDING OF GRANTS.
THEIR
PROGRESS AND
"THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT PLANS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SCHEME BY MEANS OF QUESTIONNAIRES AND DURING THIS PERIOD," MR CHAN SAID.
INTERVIEWS
I
"PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME AVAILABLE THE END OF 1993.
TOWARDS
HE
NOTED THAT A GENERAL INVITATION HAD BEEN ISSUED TO SCHOOLS 10 TO JOIN A SECOND BATCH BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR AND SO FAR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS HAVE ALREADY INDICATED THEIR INTEREST TO JOIN.
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