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HE SCHOOLS WOULD BE SKED TO DRAW MORE UPON IMPORTANT OR INTERESTING CONTEMPORARY EVENTS TO ILLUSTRATE TEACHING JINTS IN SUBJECTS SUCH AS ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, HISTORY / D LO ICS, AND TO USE NEWSPAPERS MORE EXTENSIVELY FOR ACHING PURPOSES.

THE USE OF DISCUSSION TECHNIQUES WOULD BE ENCOURAGED IN THE TEACHING OF A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS, AS WOULD THE USE OF DEBATES IN LANGUAGE LESSONS.

+AS FOR EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, SCHOOLS WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO HEIGHTEN STUDENTS' AWARENESS OF CURRENT EVENTS BY SUCH MEANS AS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CURRENT AFFAIRS CLUBS AND DEBATING SOCIETIES.

+THEY WILL BE ASKED TO ARRANGE VISITS FOR SENIOR STUDENTS WHEREVER POSSIBLE TO OBSERVE GOVERNMENT IN ACTION, INCLUDING VISITS TO DISTRICT BOARDS, THE URBAN COUNCIL, THE UMELCO OFFICE, GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,+ MR LEUNG SAID.

AS WITH ALL EDUCATIONAL PLANS AND PROGRAMMES, FULL CONSULTATION WITH, AND CO-OPERATION FROM HEADS OF SCHOOLS IS ESSENTIAL TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS.

+I INTEND THEREFORE TO MOUNT A SERIES OF SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO SEEK THEIR VIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS.

+EQUAL EMPHASIS MUST ALSO BE PLACED UPON THE PREPARATION OF TEACHERS FOR THIS PROGRAMME. DISCUSSIONS WILL THEREFORE BE HELD WITH THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND OTHER TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TO ENSURE THAT BOTH PRE-SERVICE AND IN-SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAMMES ARE STRUCTURED TO REFLECT THE NEW EMPHASIS, + MR LEUNG SAID.

A COMPREHENSIVE SET OF GUIDELINES WOULD BE COMPILED TO ASS IST TEACHERS AND SCHOOL AUTHORITIES TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN, HE ADDED.

THE GUIDELINES WOULD BE CROSS-CURRICULAR IN NATURE, SIMILAR TO THOSE ON MORAL EDUCATION, WHICH HAD BEEN WELCOMED BY SCHOOLS SINCE THE IR ISSUE THREE YEARS AGO.

PREPARATORY WORK ON THE GUIDELINES HAD BEGUN AND THE AIM WAS TO HAVE THEM READY FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN SEPTEMBER 1965, HE SAID.

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