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FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1976

ONE OF THE OBJECTS OF THE EXHIBITION WAS TO PROVIDE A CO-ORDINATED APPROACH.

HE SAID THAT THE CURRICULUM MATERIALS THAT THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE AND THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION HAD PREPARED WERE

· DESIGNED TO GIVE TEACHERS AN IDEA OF HOW THE PROVISIONAL SYLLABUS FOR SOCIAL STUDIES COULD BE TACKLED.

THE DIRECTOR SAID THAT SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, SOCIAL STUDIES, AS A SUBJECT IN SECONDARY EDUCATION, WERE BEING TRIED IN 15 SCHOOLS ON A MONITORED BASIS AND ANOTHER 17 ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS.

+THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE HAS ORGANISED COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS FOR THE TEACHERS, AND THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION HAVE GIVEN TEACHERS-IN-TRAINING SOME BASIC IDEAS ON THE SPIRIT AND PURPOSE OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS,+ MR. TOPLEY SAID.

MR. TOPLEY SAID HE WAS GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE TEACHERS IN THE MONITORED SCHOOLS HAD BEEN VERY ENTHUSIASTIC IN ATTENDING THE DEPARTMENT'S IN-SERVICE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES.

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