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SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1976

100 LABORATORY TECHNICIANS ATTEND IN-SERVICE COURSE

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LADORATORY TECHNICIANS PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JUNIOR SECONDARY SCIENCE CURRICULUM, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S DEPUTY CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS, KRS. VIVIAN FONG SAID THIS MOMHING,

SHE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF AN IN-SERVICE COURSE DEING ATTENDED DY ABOUT 100 LABORATORY TECHNICIANS FROM 80 COVERMENT AND AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS,

MRS. FONG SAID THAT THE AIM OF THE COURSE, ORGANISED BY THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE'S SCIENCE SUBJECTS SECTION, WAS TO GIVE LABORATORY TECHNICIANS IDEAS OF THE EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS REQUIREMENTS OF THE JUNIOR SECONDARY SCIENCE CURRICULUM AND TO ENCOURAGE THE CONSTRUCTION AND USE OF HOME-MADE APPARATUS.

+IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE JUNIOR SECONDARY SCIENCE SCHEME (FORMERLY KNOWN AS INTEGRATED SCIENCE) IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT PUPILS CARLY OUT AS MUCH PRACTICAL WORK AS POSSIBLE.

*PUPILS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY IN FOLLOW-UP DISCUSSIONS AND ARE GUIDED TO DRAU THEIR CON COLCLUSIONS. WITH THESE TEACHING NETHUDS, THE UONK OF LABORATORY TECHNICIANS IS IMPORTANT,+ MIS, FONG SAID,

TODAY'S FOUR-HOUR SESSION AT THE JOCKEY CLUB GOVERNMENT SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL WAS ON VORKSHOP AND HOME-MADE APPARATUS THIS WILL DE FOLLOWED DY TREE VIOLE DAY SESSIONS ON THE SYLLABUS DEGINUING ON JANUARY 26 AT THE BISHOP HALL JUBILEE SCHOOL THE CRAUTIAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND THE NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION RESPECTIVELY.

THE MAIN PART OF THE COURSE IS BEING HELD AT THAT TIME BECAUSE IT IS THE EID OF THE SCHOOL TERM WHEN LABORATORY TECHNICIANS CAN DE RELEASED FROM NORMAL DUTIES TO ATTEND THE SESSIONS.

THE TUTORS COMPRISE SCIENCE INSPECTORS, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION LECTURERS, SCIENCE TEACHERS AND LABORATORY TECHNICIANS.

THIS IS THE SECOND COURSE OF ITS KIND FOR LADORATORY TECHNICIANS- THE FIRST OF UNICH WAS HELD IN 1973-74.

IN THE PAST, SEMINARS AND IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES WERE RUN FOR PRINCIPALS AND SCIENCE TEACHERS TO PROVIDE THEN WITH THE DASIC TRAINING ON THE APPROACH AND METHOD OF TEACHING JUNIOR SECOLDARY SCIENCE CURRICULUM.