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FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 1975

CAREERS EDUCATION: A TOTAL SCHOOL EFFORT

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CAREERS EDUCATION, LIKE SOCIAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH EDUCATION, SHOULD BE A TOTAL SCHOOL EFFORT, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PROFESSIONAL), MR. HO NGA-MING SAID TODAY WHEN HE OPENED THE CAREERS MASTERS' SEMINAR ON +EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT+.

+THE CAREERS MASTER HAS OF COURSE A DEFINITE AND SPECIFIC ROLE IN CAREERS EDUCATION, BUT TO FUNCTION SUCCESSFULLY HE NEEDS THE UNGRUDGING ASSISTANCE OF OTHER MEMBERS OF STAFF.+ MR. HO STRESSED.

HE POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS UNDENIABLE, GIVEN THE MOST FAVOURABLE CLIMATE, THE CAREERS TEACHER WOULD NOT HAVE AS MUCH TIME AS HE WOULD LIKE FOR THE VARIOUS FACETS OF A COMPREHENSIVE CAREERS EDUCATION PROGRAMME UNLESS HE CALLED UPON HIS COLLEAGUES ON THE STAFF TO TAKE CERTAIN PARTS OF IT.

MR. HO PUT FORWARD SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT EXTENDING CAREERS EDUCATION INTO OTHER SUBJECTS OF THE CURRICULUM.

PERHAPS, HE SAID, A HONG KONG-CENTRED SOCIAL STUDIES COURSE COULD CONTRIBUTE THE MOST TO THE PROGRAMME OF PREPARATION FOR LIFE.

+A DETAILED STUDY OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS OF HONG KONG WILL GIVE THE PUPILS A FAIR PICTURE OF THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE AREA, MAKE THEM AWARE OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS INHERENT IN THE TRANSITION FROM SCHOOL TO WORK, AND DEVELOP IN THEM A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY CONCERNING THEIR OWN PART IN THE WHOLE PATTERN,+ THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR SAID.

HE ADDED: +TO MY MIND, A SOUND SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM SHOULD ALSO PREPARE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO TAKE THEIR PLACES IN AN ADULT SOCIETY AND TO LEAD HAPPY AND MEANINGFUL LIVES IN THAT SOCIETY.+

MR. HO SAID IT WAS ESSENTIAL THAT SCHOOLS OFFERED A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMME WHICH ENCOMPASSED THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES:

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THE CURRICULUM SHOULD PROVIDE A BROAD, GENERAL EDUCATION TO DEVELOP IN THE SCHOOL LEAVERS THE MOST NEEDED QUALITIES OF FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY IN ORDER TO RESPOND TO AN OCCUPATIONAL WORLD THAT REQUIRES A CONTINUOUS AND SUCCESSFUL PROCESS OF LEARNING THROUGHOUT LIFE.

/IT SHOULD REFLECT