WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1994
PROBLEMS IN COMPULSORY EDUCATION ADDRESSED
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AN IN-DEPTH STUDY BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION HAS IDENTIFIED NUMBER OF PROBLEM AREAS IN THE PROVISION OF NINE-YEAR COMPULSORY EDUCATION, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, LAM, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
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LAM SAID
CURRICULUM
FOR IMPROVE
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM, MR PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE USE OF COMMON-CORE STUDENTS OF DIFFERING ABILITIES AND DISPOSITION, THE NEED TO ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE AND THE DELIVERY OF THE CURRICULUM THROUGH A MIX OF LANGUAGES.
CONSIDERED UNSUITABLE
HE SAID THE COMMON-CORE CURRICULUM WAS FOR STUDENTS AT EITHER END OF THE ABILITY SPECTRUM.
THE
CURRICULUM
"TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, A MORE FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED AND
IS THIS
BEING ACHIEVED THROUGH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ESTABLISHED IN 1992,
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HE SAID.
INCLUDING THE SCHOOLS, AND LOW
ALSO A RANGE OF REMEDIAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES, ESTABLISHMENT OF PRACTICAL SCHOOLS AND SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES BEEN OR IS BEING DEVELOPED TO HELP UNMOTIVATED STUDENTS ACHIEVERS.
HAS
AT THE SAME TIME A DEDICATED CENTRE FOR THE GIFTED CHILDREN BEING PLANNED.
IS
MR
ON THE NEED TO IMPROVE ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE, LAM SAID THE EDUCATION COMMISSION HAD RECOMMENDED THE USE OF OBJECTIVE CRITERIA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUITABLE CURRICULUM MATERIALS.
"THAT IS BEING TACKLED BY THE PLANNED INTRODUCTION OF ORIENTED CURRICULUM IN 1995, HE SAID.
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WITH REGARD TO THE PROBLEM OF USING MIXED LANGUAGES IN TEACHING SAID AND TO FACILITATE THE USE OF MOTHER TONGUE IN EDUCATION, MR LAM VARIOUS MEASURES HAD ALREADY BEEN OR WERE BEING IMPLEMENTED TO IT.
TACKLE
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'THEY AND
THE INCLUDE
PROVISION
то THEIR CHOOSE SECONDARY
LANGUAGE TEACHERS PROVISION OF EXTRA
OF
ON INFORMATION TO PARENTS PROFICIENCY TO ENABLE THEM TO SCHOOLS BEST SUITED TO THEIR CHILDREN.
SCHOOLS
THE CHILDREN'S LANGUAGE
"IN
TO ADDITION, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS ADVISED SCHOOLS
LANGUAGE ABILITY OF ADOPT A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION SUITABLE TO THE
|| HE THEIR STUDENT INTAKE. MOTHER-TONGUE TEACHING IS ALSO ENCOURAGED, SAID.
MR LAM POINTED OUT THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE AND
OF THE MEASURES WOULD IN TIME FURTHER ENHANCE THE QUALITY EDUCATION.
OTHER SCHOOL
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