WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1932
5.
MORE CONTROLS URGED IN BOUGHT+ SCHOOL PLACES
*****
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD IMPOSE STRICTER CONTROLS ON PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH BOUGHT+ PLACES IN ORDER TO UPGRADE THEIR QUALITY, THE REV THE HON JOYCE M. BENNETT SUGGESTED TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
IN ADDITION, SHE SAID, PROVISION SHOULD BE MADE TO ENSURE THAT THE STAFFING RATIO AND REMEDIAL TEACHING REQUIREMENTS IN THESE SCHOOLS BE BROUGHT UP TO THE SAME STANDARD AS FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
+ IF THESE SCHOOLS ARE UNWILLING TO ACCEPT ADDITIONAL CONTROLS AND SUPERVISION. THEY SHOULD NO LONGER BE SENT ANY STUDENTS UNDER THE BOUGHT PLACES SCHEME.
→WE MUST ENSURE THAT ALL SCHOOLS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR HAVE COMPARABLE STAFFING-RATIOS AND FACILITIES, SO THAT NO FAMILY CAN CCMPLAIN THAT THEY ARE UNFAIRLY TREATED IN THE LOTTERY PROVISION FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION, SHE SAID.
MISS BENNETT SAID SHE WAS GLAD TO HEAR THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS MAKING A STUDY OF HOW TO IMPROVE BOUGHT+ PLACES IN PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS SHE HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY ALARMED+ AT THE CONTINUED RELIANCE ON SUCH PLACES, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS SUCH AS KWUN TONG WHERE THERE ARE INSUFFICIENT GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PLACES.
AS A RESULT OF THE SYSTEM, SHE POINTED OUT, STUDENTS OF LOW ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT COMING FROM DEPRIVED AND SOCIALLY INADEQUATE BACKGROUNDS ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER INTO HALF-DAY SCHOOLS WHERE THE DISCIPLINE IS LAX AND TEACHING STANDARDS NOT OF THE HIGHEST.
STUDENTS OF BI-SESSIONAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KWUN TONG ARE SEEN WANDERING THE STREETS AT ALMOST ANY TIME OF THE DAY, THUS BECOME READY PREYS TO GANGS AND TRIADS WHO ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT THEM.
MOREOVER, MISS BENNETT POINTED OUT, THE STUDENTS WHO ARE LEAST ABLE TO DO INDEPENDENT ACADEMIC WORK AND MOST ATTRACTED TO THE LEAST WORTHY LEISURE ACTIVITIES ARE AT PRESENT HERDED TOGETHER IN OVERCROWDED CLASSROOMS.
+WHEREAS GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE 40 STUDENTS IN FORM I AND FORM IV, THESE PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ARE SENT 45 STUDENTS TO EACH OF THE IR CLASSES.
+THE MANAGEMENT OF THESE SCHOOLS NEED THE MAXIMUM OF 45 IN EACH CLASS IN ORDER TO MAXIMISE THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF RECEIVING STUDENTS FROM THE CENTRAL ALLOCATION OF FORM I AND FORM IV STUDENTS.+
/BUT THE
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.