WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1981
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PLANS TO STRENGTHEN EDUCATION ADVISORY INSPECTORATE
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS FORMULATING PROPOSALS TO STRENGTHEN AND REORGANISE ITS ADVISORY INSPECTORATE TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING WORKLOAD AND THE CHANGING REQUIREMENTS OF THE CURRICULUM, THE HON COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
+THE WORK OF THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT SECTION IS EXPANDING, PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF PROPOSALS FOR THE REFORM OF THE SIXTH FORM CURRICULUM AND THE POSSIBLE REFORM OF THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ITSELF,+ HE SAID.
MR HAYE WAS REPLYING TO A QUERY FROM THE REV THE HON JOYCE BENNETT ON WHETHER THE GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER SETTING UP A FULL-TIME PROFESSIONAL TEAM FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.
HE SAID THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT SECTION OF THE INSPECTORATE WHICH IS STAFFED BY FULL-TIME PROFESSIONALS HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE 1972.
+ALL STAFF ARE QUALIFIED AND PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED TEACHERS AND EXPERIENCED INSPECTORS, AND FIVE OF THEM HAVE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL TRAINING OVERSEAS IN CURRICULUM RELATED WORK, MR HAYE SAID.
THE MAIN TASK OF THE TEAM IS TO FACILITATE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE CO-ORDINATION AND NECESSARY SERVICING OF THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
+CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, THE CREATION OF NEW SYLLABUSES AND MATERIALS MUST BE THE BUSINESS OF PRACTISING TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOLS, WHICH IS WHY WE PLACE SUCH EMPHASIS ON THE IR ROLE IN THE COMMITTEES OF THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE,+ MR HAYE SAID.
MORE SUBJECTS AT HKCEE LEVEL FOR SCHOOLS
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THIRTY-NINE SUBJECTS ARE NOW OFFERED IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION (HKCEE) AND THE NUMBER WILL BE INCREASED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THE HON COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
ADDITIONAL SUBJECTS TO BE INTRODUCED WILL INCLUDE COMPUTER STUDIES, HUMAN BIOLOGY, SOCIAL STUDIES AND A RANGE OF NEW SUBJECTS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, HE SAID.
/MR HAYE
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