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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1976

SECONDARY ETV: DEMONSTRATIONS ON USE OF EQUIPMENT

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HEADS OF GOVERNMENT, AIDED AND PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN INVITED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION TO SEE DEMONSTRATIONS AT THE ETV CENTRE IN BROADCAST DRIVE ON JULY 5 AND 6 ON HOW TO OPERATE EQUIPMENT TO RECEIVE AND RECORD COLOUR TRANSMISSIONS OF SECONDARY ETV PROGRAMMES WHICH BEGIN ON SEPTEMBER 13.

THE ETV DIVISION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD SEMINARS FOR TEACHERS IN AUGUST TO FAMILIARISE THEM WITH THE EQUIPMENT AND HOW TO USE ETV EFFECTIVELY IN CLASSROOMS.

THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (ETV), MR. SUN PING-SHU SAID TODAY IT IS HOPED THAT THE FIRST PROGRAMME ON EACH OF THE FOUR SUBJECTS - CHINESE, ENGLISH, MATHEMATICS AND SOCIAL STUDIES - WILL HAVE BEEN RECORDED BY THEN AND CAN BE SHOWN TO THE TEACHERS DURING THE SEMINARS.+

THE SECONDARY ETV PROGRAMMES, WHICH ARE INJECTIONS OF QUALITY INTO CLASSROOMS, WILL BE SYLLABUS-BASED WITH THE CONTENTS CLOSELY RELATED TO THE TEACHING SYLLABUSES ISSUED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, HE SAID.

+ENGLISH PROGRAMMES WILL BE GIVEN ENTIRELY IN ENGLISH WHILE THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN OTHER SUBJECTS WILL BE CHINESE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MAJORITY OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, MR. SUN ADDED.

THE PROGRAMMES IN COLOUR WILL INITIALLY HAVE AN AUDIENCE OF 80,000 FORM 1 PUPILS INCREASING TO MORE THAN 250,000 PUPILS IN FORMS 1 TO 3 IN SEPTEMBER 1978.

AT PRESENT MORE THAN 400,000 PUPILS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS ARE WATCHING ETV PROGRAMMES IN BLACK AND WHITE. IT IS HOPED THAT IN A FEW YEARS TIME, WHEN THE LIFE SPAN OF THESE SETS EXPIRE PRIMARY PUPILS WILL ALSO BE WATCHING PROGRAMMES IN COLOUR WITH NEW TV RECEIVERS.

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MEANWHILE, ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE FOR THE $2.3 MILLION WORTH OF TELEVISION EQUIPMENT TO BE INSTALLED IN ABOUT 300 SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

EACH OF THESE SCHOOLS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER, A COLOUR TELEVISION RECEIVER AND AERIAL AS WELL AS EIGHT 36-MINUTE CASSETTE TAPES.

FOR GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THE ENTIRE COST OF SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT WILL BE BORNE BY THE GOVERNMENT WHILE FOR AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THE GOVERNMENT WILL PROVIDE A SUBSIDY TO COVER 80 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL COSTS.

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