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WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1992
MR CHAN STATED THAT AN ORDINARY SCHOOL IS NOT ENTITLED ΤΟ REJECT A MILDLY DISABLED STUDENT ON GROUNDS OF THAT STUDENT'S DISABILITY.
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WHERE A DISABLED CHILD IS CONSIDERED BY THE HEADMASTER OF AN ORDINARY SCHOOL TO BE UNDULY DISRUPTIVE OR INCAPABLE OF BENEFITING FROM EDUCATION IN THAT SCHOOL, THE CASE MUST BE REFERRED ΤΟ THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION FOR A RULING," HE SAID.
"IF THE RESULTS OF AN ASSESSMENT BY EXPERTS IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION INDICATE THAT THE CHILD IS UNABLE TO BENEFIT FROM AN EDUCATION IN A ORDINARY SCHOOL BECAUSE OF HIS DISABILITY, THAT CHILD WILL BE RECOMMENDED FOR TRANSFER TO A SPECIAL SCHOOL.
MR CHAN ALSO NOTED THAT ONLY ONE COMPLAINT CONCERNING A DISABLED CHILD STUDYING IN AN ORDINARY SCHOOL WAS RECEIVED EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS.
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KINDERGARTEN FEE REMISSION SCHEME TO BE IMPROVED
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THE GOVERNMENT AIMS TO RELAX THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE KINDERGARTEN FEE REMISSION SCHEME OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS TO BRING IT MORE IN LINE WITH THE SCHEME FOR SENIOR SECONDARY PUPILS, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID TODAY {WEDNESDAY}.
AT THE SAME TIME, MR CHAN ADDED, THE EDUCATION COMMISSION WAS EXPECTED TO PROPOSE FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SCHEME IN ITS FIFTH REPORT DUE TO BE PUBLISHED NEXT MONTH.
IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON STEPHEN YUM IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHAN NOTED THAT THE INTRODUCED IN THE 1990-91 SCHOOL YEAR AND PROVIDED WITH FUNDING IN 1991-92.
AS AT APRIL THIS YEAR, THE MONTHLY AVERAGE RATE OF FOR EACH PUPIL ATTENDING WHOLE-DAY CLASS WAS $460 AND THAT PUPIL ATTENDING HALF-DAY CLASS WAS $209.
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THE PROVISION FOR KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION, INCLUDING RENT AND RATES REIMBURSEMENT TO NON-PROFIT-MAKING KINDERGARTENS AND THE FEE REMISSION SCHEME, IS $138.1 MILLION IN 1992-93.
THIS IS FORECAST TO RISE то $139.8 MILLION IN 1993-94 AND $140.6 MILLION IN 1994-95, 1995-96 AND 1996-97 RESPECTIVELY.
AS REGARDS THE PROVISION OF KINDERGARTEN PLACES, MR CHAN NOTED THAT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY COMPLAINTS FROM PARENTS ABOUT INSUFFICIENT KINDERGARTEN PLACES IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS.
CITING STATISTICS, HE SAID AS AT SEPTEMBER 1991, THERE WERE 223,376 KINDERGARTEN PLACES WHILE THE ACTUAL ENROLMENT AND THE SIZE OF THE POPULATION AGED BETWEEN THREE AND FIVE WERE 193,658 225,000 RESPECTIVELY.
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