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Thursday, January 31, 1974
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ADVISER TO REVIEW PLANS
Mr. Morgan Owen, a curriculum development adviser, is to advise
on and review plans drawn up by the Education Department.
ir. Owon, who arrived in Hong Kong on Monday afternoon, is on an
eight-week visit at the invitation of the Department.
Recently retired from Her Majesty's Inspectorate, Department of
Education and Science, Mr. Owen was selected by the Centre for Education
Development Overseas in London.
A spokesman for the Education Department said today that Mr. Owen,
who has wide experience of curriculum development in Britain and overseas,
will be working closely with people engaged in this task in Hong Kong.
Tiis terms of reference are wide and it is expected that Mr. Owen's
experience and background will be of great value to the improvement of
curriculum development in Hong Kong," he said.
With the expansion of secondary education under way, the Education
Department is seeking to ensure that the curricular needs of students
are being fully and effectively met.
"Steps have already been taken to enable practising teachers and
others to contribute to the process of curriculum reform."
Mr
Owen, 61, has served as curriculum adviser in Jordan and Ghana.
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