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SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1996

CIVIC EDUCATION PROMOTION A MEANINGFUL TASK

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PROMOTION OF CIVIC EDUCATION WAS A MEANINGFUL AND CHALLENGING TASK AND IT WOULD BE FURTHER ENHANCED THROUGH THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMUNITY YOUTH CLUB, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SPEAKING AT A SEMINAR ON PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION THROUGH CYC ACTIVITIES, MR LEUNG SAID THE CLUB FOUNDED NINE YEARS AGO HAD GROWN TO A TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF 160 000 FROM 897 SCHOOLS THIS YEAR.

PAYING TRIBUTE TO MEMBERS OF THE CLUB'S CENTRAL COMMITTEE FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO ORGANISE CAMPAIGNS AND ACTIVITIES FOR CYC MEMBERS, MR LEUNG SAID THE PERFORMANCE OF YOUNGSTERS IN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS HAD WON THE CREDITABILITY FROM SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, PARENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO JOINED THE CLUB WOULD HAVE THE CHANCE OF TAKING PART IN COMMUNITY SERVICES AND MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY, HE ADDED.

MR LEUNG ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE CYC WAS TO PROVIDE SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH EDUCATION OTHER THAN THAT IN TEXTBOOKS AND TO ENHANCE THEIR SENSE OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH INFORMAL AND HIDDEN CURRICULUM,

ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE CLUB INCLUDED CLEANING UP FOR CHARITY, FORESTRY WORK CAMPS, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES.

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IN ADDITION, SPECIAL FUNCTIONS WERE HELD LAST YEAR TO MARK INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR, HE SAID.

ALL THESE ACTIVITIES WERE IN LINE WITH THE TEACHING POLICY IN SCHOOLS AS WELL AS PUTTING EMPHASIS ON CIVIC EDUCATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHARACTER OF THE YOUNGSTERS, HE ADDED.

THE CYC MOVEMENT NOT ONLY OFFERED SCHOOLS WITH A CHANNEL FOR POSITIVE AND PRACTICAL EXPRESSION THROUGH EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, IT ENABLED SCHOOL CHILDREN TO GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION IN VARIOUS SERVICES, VISITS. COMPETITIONS AND TRAINING AND THEIR AWARENESS OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CIVIC EDUCATION, ME LEUNG SAID.

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