TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1985
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COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS PLAY VITAL SCHOOL ROLE
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TWO GROUPS OF STUDENTS WHO SCORED TOP MARKS IN THE 1985 COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS PROJECT COMPETITION WERE AWARDED CASH PRIZES AT A PRIZE-PRESENTATION CEREMONY TODAY (TUESDAY).
THE TWO FIRST PRIZES WENT TO STUDENTS OF C.C.C. ROTARY PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND CARITAS ST. FRANCIS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL REPRESENTING GROUP A AND GROUP B IN THE CONTEST.
THE WINNERS ARE AMONG 150 STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED THEIR AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES OF MERIT FOR THEIR HIGH STANDARD OF WORK IN THE COMPETITION, WHICH WAS ORGANISED BY THE CHINESE GOLD AND SILVER EXCHANGE SOCIETY AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY AT THE EXCELSIOR HOTEL, THE ACTING ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), DR KONG YUN-FUN, SAID THE COMPETITION WHICH WAS THE THIRD IN THE SERIES AIMED AT AROUSING THE INTEREST OF SECONDARY STUDENTS IN VARIOUS COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES.
+THIS COMPETITION ALSO EMPHASISES AND ENCOURAGES A MORE LIVELY APPROACH IN THE TEACHING OF COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS, HE SAID.
+THE PROJECT METHOD REQUIRES STUDENTS TO INVESTIGATE AND SOLVE PROBLEMS AND THE PROCESS CAN CREATE INTEREST, CLARIFY CONTENT AND SPEED UP LEARNING.+
+AS A RESULT, IT CAN UPGRADE STUDENTS TO NEW LEVELS OF UNDERSTANDING AND SKILL AND CAN PROVIDE A LABORATORY WHERE PERFORMANCE CAN BE EVALUATED, HE SAID.
RECALLING THE 1978 WHITE PAPER ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY AND TERTIARY EDUCATION IN WHICH IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT SCHOOLS INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE PRACTICAL OR TECHNICAL SUBJECT IN FORM 4 AND 5 CURRICULUM, DR KONG SAID COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS WERE PLAYING AN IMPORTANT PART.
THE AIM OF INCLUDING COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS AT FORM 4 AND 5 LEVELS WAS TO ALLOW SOME STUDENTS AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW A COURSE WHICH WOULD SUBSEQUENTLY PREPARE THEM FOR WORK, HE ADDED.
+THROUGH THE INCLUSION OF THESE SUBJECTS, STUDENTS CONTINUE THE IR GENERAL EDUCATION AND AT THE SAME TIME RECEIVE SOME SORT OF A GENERAL PREPARATION FOR LIFE AS WELL AS SPECIFIC TRAINING FOR COMMERCE.+
+ IT ALSO PROVIDES THEM WITH SOME UNDERSTANDING OF THE HONG KUNG COMMERCIAL WORLD AND THUS HELP THEM TO BECOME MORE USEFUL MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY, HE CONTINUED,
/+IN ADDITION,
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