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SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1975

PRIVATE ANGLO-CHINESE SECONDARY SCHOOLS

PLAY IMPORTANT ROLE IN EDUCATION

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PRIVATE ANGLO-CHINESE SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG HAVE AN IMPORTANT PART TO PLAY IN PROVIDING SCHOOL PLACES - NOT ONLY THROUGH THE BOUGHT PLACES SCHEME FOR THOSE PUPILS WHO HAVE BEEN AWARDED A GOVERNMENT ASSISTED PLACE, BUT ALSO AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO SCHOOL PLACES PROVIDED WITH GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE HONG KONG PRIVÁTE ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION THIS EVENING.

MR. TOPLEY EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THEIR PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG AND URGED THEM TO KEEP ABREAST OF NEW IDEAS ON CURRICULUM CONTENT AND TEACHING METHODS - + IN OTHER WORDS A WILLINGNESS TO EXPERIMENT AND TO MOVE WITH THE TIMES.→

+THESE TWO COMPLEMENTARY ROLES OF QUANTITY AND QUALITY WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH A STIMULATING CHALLENGE WHICH I AM SURE YOU WILL ACCEPT, THE DIRECTOR SAID.

IN ORDER TO IMPROVE AND TO KEEP COMPETITIVE, PRIVATE SCHOOLS WOULD OFFER A HIGHER STANDARD OF EDUCATION TO THEIR PUPILS, HE SAID.

THIS WAS ALL TO THE GOOD BECAUSE THE ULTIMATE AIM OF ANY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM SHOULD BE FOCUSSED ON THE WELFARE, DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF ITS PUPILS.

+ IN DOING THIS,+ HE SAID, +YOU WILL ALSO HELP TO SWEEP AWAY MANY OF THE MISCONCEPTIONS THAT ARE HELD BY THE PUBLIC ABOUT PRIVATE SCHOOLS.+

THE DIRECTOR HOPED THAT HIS MEETINGS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HONG KONG PRIVATE ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION WOULD RESULT IN A VALUABLE EXCHANGE OF FACTS AND IDEAS WHICH WOULD HELP TO IMPROVE EDUCATION IN HONG KONG IN GENERAL, AND THE PRIVATE ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR.

+WITH A FRANK EXCHANGE OF VIEWS BETWEEN US WE STAND A GOOD CHANCE OF RECOGNISING, ANALYSING AND SOLVING OUR MUTUAL PROBLEMS, + MR. TOPLEY SAID.

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DIRECTING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ITS EFFORTS TOWARDS THE EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION DURING THE LAST FEW YEARS.

THIS FOLLOWED THE PROVISION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF A PRIMARY SCHOOL PLACE FOR ALL CHILDREN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE, MR. TOPLEY SAID.

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