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Measures to improve standard of English and Chinese
Following is a question by the Hon Peter Wong Hong-yuen and a reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Michael Leung, in the Legislative Council today (Wednesday);
Question:
Will the Government inform this Council :
(a)
(b)
What specific measures the Government will take in the immediate future to improve the standard of English and Chinese among students at all levels of the school system; and
how much of the $300 million Language Fund will be spent on proposals which aim to obtain short term results as opposed to long term research and projects?
Reply:
Mr President,
(a)
The Government is taking a pro-active approach in improving the standard of English and Chinese among school students. Apart from the various measures already implemented to upgrade the teaching and learning of Chinese and English under existing policies over the years, e.g. curriculum renewal, teacher education, bridging courses and the medium of instruction policy, the following measures are being or will be introduced -
(1)
starting in September 1995, the introduction in Primary One classes of the Target Oriented Curriculum which sets clearer learning targets for three core subjects including Chinese and English.
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