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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1978

ANOTHER SUGGESTION PUT FORWARD BY MR. HO WAS THAT THE HEAD SHOULD HAVE CONTACT WITH THE CLASSES A PROFITABLE AND SOMETIMES

ILLUMINATING EXPERIENCE FOR THE HEAD.

IN THIS WAY DETAILS OF CLASS MANAGEMENT AND PECULIARITIES IN TEACHING ARE SOMETIMES REVEALED WHICH DO NOT SHOW UP DURING A MERE EXAMINATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN,+ HE SAID.

OTHER CONTACTS WITH PUPILS INCLUDE GIVING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO A RETARDED OR DIFFICULT CLASS, OR AN EXPERIMENTAL CLASS" DEVOTING SOME TIME TO THE LOWER AND PARTICULARLY THE LOWEST CLASS WHERE THE FOUNDATIONS ARE BEING LAID AND PAYING ATTENTION TO THE HIGHEST CLASS BECAUSE IT WAS INCUMBENT UPON THE HEAD TO MAKE THE FINAL STAGE OF SCHOOL LIFE AS PROF ITABLE AND EFFECTIVE AS POSSIBLE FOR THE STUDENTS.

TURNING TO RELATIONSHIP WITH PARENTS, MR. HO SAID A HEAD WHO WISHED TO MAINTAIN A WELL-RUN SCHOOL SHOULD SECURE NOT ONLY THE GOODWILL BUT ALSO THE ACTIVE CO-OPERATION OF THE PARENTS OF HIS PUPILS. HE SHOULD SHOW COURTESY, EQUANIMITY AND COURAGE WHEN DEALING WITH PARENTS, HE SAID.

+PARENTS NOT INFREQUENTLY HAVE OCCASION TO VISIT THE SCHOOL, AND IT IS WELL TO HAVE A SPECIFIED TIME DAILY OR WEEKLY FOR SUCK VISITS, MR. HO SAID.

SCHOOL SPEECH DAYS, OPEN DAYS AND SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT WERE ALSO VIEWED AS OCCASIONS TO BRING TOGETHER HEADS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND PUPILS.

SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDES SCOPE AND OUTLET FOR DISPLAYING THE PUPILS' ABILITY IN MUSIC, ELOCUTION AND ACTING, AND GENERALLY AROUSED CONSIDERABLE INTEREST AMONG PARENTS.

+THEY PROVIDE A FIRST-RATE MEANS OF BRINGING IN PARENTS AND FRIENDS, OF INTERESTING THEM IN THE WORK, AND POPULAR IS ING THE SCHOOL, MR. HO SAID,

+IN SHORT, TO BE ON A FOOTING OF FRIENDLY INTERCOURSE WITH THE PARENTS AND TO SHOW A FRANK RECOGNITION OF THEIR CLAIMS AND DESIRES IS A SURE MEANS OF STRENGTHENING A HEAD'S INFLUENCE IN THE SCHOOL AND OF ENHANCING THE SCHOOL'S USEFULNESS IN THE LOCALITY, HE CONCLUDED.

DURING THE CONFERENCE THERE WERE ALSO GROUP DISCUSSIONS CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE AND OTHER SPECIALISTS. TOPICS DISCUSSED INCLUDED THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL HEAD IN CURRICULUM INNOVATION, HOW TO PROMOTE OUTSIDE READING IN CHINESE, SCHOOL INTERNAL ASSESSMENT, SOME TECHNIQUES IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING, RECENT TRENDS IN MATHEMATICS TEACHING, AND YOUTH ACTIVITIES IN SCHOOLS.

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