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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1974

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HE POINTED OUT THAT CAREERS EDUCATION SHOULD BE A TOTAL

SCHOOL EFFORT. THE CAREERS MASTER HAD A DEFINITE AND

SPECIFIC ROLE IN CAREERS EDUCATION BUT FOR HIM TO FUNCTION

SUCCESSFULLY THE SECONDARY SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE A CLEAR IDEA OF

ITS ROLE.

SEMINARS WERE THEREFORE USEFUL NOT ONLY FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES

WHICH THEY GIVE FOR CAREER MASTERS TO MEET TOGETHER, SHARE EX-

PERIENCES AND DISCUSS PROBLEMS BUT ALSO FOR THE EDUCATION THEY

PROVIDE TO PARENTS, PUPILS AND SCHOOLS.

ON CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, MR. CANNING SAID IT WAS ESSENTIAL

FOR GOOD SECONDARY EDUCATION THAT THE CURRICULUM SHOULD BE ·

EXTENSIVE ENOUGH TO COVER THE RANGE OF KNOWLEDGE APPROPRIATE TO

THE AGE OF THE PUPILS, IT SHOULD BE BALANCED SO THAT PARTICULAR

SUBJECTS DO NOT DOMINATE AND THE INTER-RELATIONSHIP OF THE

VARIOUS COMPONENTS SHOULD BE CLEARLY BROUGHT OUT.

IT IS IN THIS WAY THAT THE PUPILS' KNOWLEDGE OF SOCIETY

AND THE WAY IT FUNCTIONS CAN BE BUILT UP. IF WE CAN DO THIS

REALLY WELL WE HAVE DONE SOMETHING WE CAN BE PROUD OF, HE SAID.

+INDEED IT IS THE AIM OF DOING THIS THAT WE HAVE MADE A

VERY SERIOUS START WITH CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN HONG KONG,

THE RESULTS SO FAR ARE ENCOURAGING. BUT EVEN IF WE DO ALL

THAT WE HOPE TO DO IN THIS LINE WE HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH.+

MR. CANNING SAID THAT GOOD SECONDARY EDUCATION IS A

PROCESS OF INITIATION INTO ALL ASPECTS OF LIVING. AND THE

EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AT ANY LEVEL MUST HAVE AS ITS CENTRE AND

ITS VERY HEART THE PUPIL HIMSELF= IT MUST FOLLOW THAT CAREERS

EDUCATION WAS ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS IN THE PROCESS.

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