THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1994
THE
14
LATEST
ANNUAL REPORT
WATER AND CHINESE FOR SALE AT OFFICE
ENTITLED "BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF BATHING
1993" (ENGLISH BEACHES IN HONG KONG, VERSJONS), FOR THE BATHING SEASON OF 1993, IS AVAILABLE THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
FOR FURTHER
ENQUIRIES,
PLEASE CONTACT
EPD'S
PRINCIPAL
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER DR MALCOLM BROOM ON TEL 835 1234.
0
MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION GROUPING FOR P6 PUPILS
OF THEIR
ABILITY
THE
LEARN IN
PARENTS OF PRIMARY 6 PUPILS WILL TOMORROW (FRIDAY) BE TOLD
ΤΟ GROUPING OF THEIR CHILDREN IN TERMS ENGLISH OR CHINESE..
THE INFORMATION WILL ENABLE PARENTS TO CHOOSE A SECONDARY
SUITABLE LANGUAGE SCHOOL WHICH OFFERS A
OF INSTRUCTION FOR THEIR
CHILDERN.
THE
LANGUAGE THE SECONDARY UNDER THE 'MEDIUM
AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID PROFICIENCY OF 85,560 PRIMARY 6 PUPILS PARTICIPATING IN SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SCHEME HAS BEEN ASSESSED OF INSTRUCTION GROUPING ASSESSMENT' (MIGA) EXERCISE.
MIGA IS A MEDIUM
OF
FIRST
THAT TIME
ΤΟ REFERENCE
IS THE THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "THIS ADOPTED TO GROUP SECONDARY 1 ENTRANTS BY INSTRUCTION IN WHICH THEY CAN LEARN EFFECTIVELY."
ASSESSMENTS PRIMARY
ON
6,
THE GROUPING IS BASED ON THE SCHOOLS' INTERNAL PUPILS AT THE END OF PRIMARY 5 AND DURING THE MID-YEAR OF BOTH OF WHICH ARE SCALED BY THE ACADEMIC APTITUDE TEST.
PUPILS
IN
BE ABLE TO LEARN EFFECTIVELY
IN GROUP I I SHOULD LEARN MORE THOSE IN GROUP III SHOULD
BUT
ABLE PROBABLY ALSO BE
SHOULD PUPILS IN GROUP I EITHER ENGLISH OR CHINESE, EFFECTIVELY THROUGH THE CHINESE MEDIUM.
CHINESE LEARN BETTER THROUGH THE TO LEARN EFFECTIVELY IN ENGLISH.
MEDIUM
THIS YEAR, AMONG THE 85,560 PRIMARY 6 PUPILS
ALLOCATION
PARTICIPATING
PUPILS 50,359
IN CENT)
IN
SCHEME, A TOTAL OF 28,510 (58.86 GROUP
WHILE
THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES PUPILS (33.32 PER CENT) ARE IN GROUP I, PER CENT) ARE IN GROUP II AND 6,407 PUPILS (7.49 PER III.
MIGA IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE NON-CHINESE SPEAKING
A TOTAL OF 284 THE PUPILS WITH INCOMPLETE ASSESSMENTS. PER CENT) BELONG TO THIS GROUP.
PUPILS
PUPILS
AND (0.33
/THE SPOKESMAN