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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1981

SCHOOLS FREE TO ADAPT SYLLABUSES

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TEACHERS SHOULD ADAPT CURRENT SYLLABUSES TO SUIT THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION, MR COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) AT The LA SALLE COLLEGE SPEECH DAY.

RESPONDING TO BROTHER RAPHAEL, THE COLLEGE PRINCIPAL WHO HAD CALLED FOR CURRICULA BETTER SUITED TO THE NEEDS OF NON- ACADEMIC +SLOW LEARNERS+, MR HAYE SAID THAT SCHOOLS WERE FREE TO EXPERIMENT WITH THE COMMON CORE CURRICULUM INTRODUCED BY THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (CDC) IN ANTICIPATION OF FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

+THE DEPARTMENT CAN POINT THE WAY, BUT YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL THE DISTANCE. FIND SHORT-CUTS BY ALL MEANS, VARY THE ROUTE AND THE PACE TO SUIT YOUR PUPILS,+ HE SAID.

WHILE THE MEANS TO DEAL WITH EDUCATIONAL ILLS WERE IN THE HANDS OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE SCHOOLS. THE CDC WAS CONSIDERING FURTHER REVISION OF THE CURRICULA TO MEET THE CHALLENGES BROUGHT ON BY FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

+THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT SYLLABUSES HAVE TO BE ADAPTED FOR NON-ACADEMIC SLOW LEARNERS, AND WE HAVE GIVEN SCHOOLS MORE TEACHERS FOR REMEDIAL WORK, THE DIRECTOR SAID.

NONETHELESS, CURRICULUM REFORM WAS NECESSARY AND THE CDC HAD BEEN ASKED TO TREAT THE TASK AS A MATTER OF PRIORITY, HE SAID.

SIR JACK LEAVES FOR LONDON

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SIR JACK CATER LEFT THIS AFTERNOON TO TAKE UP HIS APPOINTMENT AS HONG KONG'S COMMISSIONER IN LONDON.

AMONG THE PEOPLE WHO SAID FAREWELL TO SIR JACK AND LADY CATER IN THE VIP ROOM AT THE AIRPORT THIS AFTERNOON WERE : SIR PHILIP AND LADY HADDON-CAVE, SIR S.Y. CHUNG, MR ROGER LOBO, REVD. P. MCGOVERN, SIR Y.K. AND LADY KAN, MR AND MRS DENIS BRAY MR ALAN SCOTT, MR DEREK MARCH (SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER), MR PETER WILLIAMS (COMMISSIONER, ICAC), MR ROY HENRY, MR AND MRS BRIAN WILSON, MR GRAHAM BARNES, MR AND MRS JOHN RIDDELL-SWAN, MR ROBERT SUN, MR B.R. JOHNSTON, MR STEPHEN CORRICK (ADC TO THE GOVERNOR) AND SIR JOHN CURLE.

SIR JACK AND LADY CATER WERE SEEN OFF JUST BEFORE BOARDING THE AIRCRAFT BY MR SCOTT, MR SUN, MR JOHNSTON AND MR CORRICK.

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