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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1978

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TEAM WORK ESSENTIAL IN ACHIEVING PROGRESS IN EDUCATION

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PROFESSIONAL TEAM WORK, FULL CO-OPERATION AND CO-ORDINATION OF EFFORT AMONG TEACHERS, HEADS OF SCHOOLS, SCHOOL INSPECTORS AND PLANNERS ARE NEEDED TO ACHIEVE PROGRESS AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM, MR. ROBERT CAMERON, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF' INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS) SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OBERLIN COLLEGE ANNUAL SPEECH DAY WHICH ALSO MARKS THE COLLEGE'S FIFTH ANNIVERSARY, MR. CAMERON SAID THERE MUST BE MAXIMUM COMMUNICATION AMONG THE GROUPS CONCERNED.

LACK OF COMMUNICATION AMONG THE GROUPS WOULD RESULT IN INEFFICIENCY, WASTE OF EFFORT, UNNECESSARY FALSE STARTS AND UNCERTAINTY, HE SAID.

+ IN OTHER WORDS, WE MUST BE SURE TO INVOLVE THE PRACTITIONERS IN OUR PLANNING TO ENSURE THAT WHAT IS EVENTUALLY PRODUCED MEETS THE ACTUAL NEEDS ON THE GROUND AND CAN BE IMPLEMENTED, MR. CAMERON SAID.

LISTING SOME OF THE CHANGES IN EDUCATION IMPLEMENTED RECENTLY, HE MENTIONED THE REVISION OF THE SYLLABUS FOR FORMS | TO 111, AND THE EFFORT TO BROADEN COURSES THROUGHOUT THE FIVE YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION TO OFFER PUPILS A WIDER CHOICE.

+AND TO ADD YET ANOTHER DIMENSION OF CHANGE WE ARE ENCOURAGING OUR SCHOOLS TO EXPERIMENT IN THEIR TIME-TABLING NOT ONLY TO OFFER A WIDER RANGE OF SUBJECT OPTIONS BUT ALSO TO CATER FOR THE GREATER DIVERSITY OF ABILITY AND INTERESTS AMONG THEIR PUPILS, MR. CAMERON SAID.

HE ALSO CAUTIONED THAT IN ADVANCING IN EDUCATION, ONE MUST NOT TRY TO DO TOO MUCH ALL AT ONCE BUT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH REASONABLE CAUTION, TAKING CARE NOT TO LOSE OR SLIP BACK FROM THE POSITION WHICH HAD BEEN REACHED.

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