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MONDAY, JULY 11, 1977

TOPLEY SPEAKS ABOUT TEACHERS' IMPORTANT ROLE

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+A DEDICATED, RESOURCEFUL AND WELL-TRAINED TEACHER CAN KINDLE THE PUPILS' ENTHUSIASM, FIRE THEIR IMAGINATION AND BRING OUT THEIR INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY SAID THIS AFTERNOON.

ADDRESSING THE AUDIENCE AT THE SPEECH DAY OF YING WA GIRLS' SCHOOL, MR. TOPLEY SAID THE TEACHER WAS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT SINGLE FACTOR IN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL LIFE OF A PUPIL.

+WITH THE PRESENT EDUCATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS, SO MANY ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN SCHOOL TAKE PLACE IN THE CLASSROOM THAT THE PART ASSUMED BY THE TEACHER CAN HARDLY BE OVERSTRESSED;+ HE SAID.

THE DIRECTOR ALSO REFERRED TO OTHER FACTORS WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR THE SUCCESS OR OTHERWISE OF PUPILS IN SCHOOL. THESE WERE BASIC SKILLS AND THE HOME.'

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CERTAIN BASIC SKILLS LISTENING SPEAK ING READING AND WRITING - WERE OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE AT BOTH THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STAGES OF EDUCATION.

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MR. TOPLEY SAID THE HOME WAS OF INCALCULABLE VALUE IN

CONTRIBUTING TO THE PUPILS OVERALL SUCCESS.

+ THE CHILD OF PARENTS WHO ARE PREPARED TO MAKE SACRIFICES IN THE INTERESTS OF THE IR, CHILDREN WILL HAVE A BETTER CHANCE IN LIFE THAN THE CHILD OF PARENTS WHO ARE UNWILLING TO RESTRICT THE IR FREEDOM. AND PLEASURES IN ORDER TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN A BACKGROUND OF ORDERED LIVING AND SECURITY, HE SAID.

THE DIRECTOR NOTED THAT YING WA GIRLS' SCHOOL HAD SUCCEEDED IN BRINGING ABOUT ALL-ROUND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATING THE GIRLS.

+THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AS IT IS GENERALLY AGREED THAT IN THE EDUCATION PROCESS THE DIFFERENT FACETS OF THE STUDENT'S PERSONALITY CANNOT BE SEPARATED AND THAT PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, MORAL AND CULTURAL SIDES INTERACT AND PRODUCE THE WHOLE, + MR. TOPLEY SAID.

YING WA HAD GROWN IN SIZE AND PRESTIGE OVER THE LAST 77 YEARS IN RESPONSE TO THE CHANGING NEEDS OF HONG KONG,

+ IT IS NOW ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN OUR COMMUNITY- IT CAN BE JUSTLY PROUD OF ITS ACHIEVEMENTS AND OF THE MANY GRADUATES WHO HAVE BEEN SO WELL PREPARED FOR ADULT LIFE,+ MR. TOPLEY SAID.

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