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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1986

HE ALSO NOTED THAT SUSTAINED EFFORTS WERE MADE BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS.

IT HAD PUBLISHED AND ISSUED TO SCHOOLS A SET OF GUIDELINES ON CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS+ IN 1985. A CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE WAS ALSO ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE TEACHING RESOURCES LATE LAST YEAR AND MORE THAN 90 SEMINARS ON CIVIC EDUCATION WERE ORGANISED FOR TEACHERS.

TO FIND OUT HOW CIVIC EDUCATION WAS IMPLEMENTED IN SCHOOLS AND ITS EFFECTS AND DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED, THE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED AN EVALUATION EXERCISE A FEW MONTHS AGO.

MR LEUNG SAID THE FINDINGS ON THE RESULTS WERE ENCOURAGING AS MORE THAN 80 PER CENT OF SCHOOLS ADOPTED THE CROSS-CURRICULAR APPROACH SUGGESTED IN THE GUIDELINES AND MADE USE OF EXTRA- CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

ON THE COMPETITION ITSELF, MR LEUNG SAID THE WORK OF STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED THEIR UNIQUENESS IN TERMS OF THEME, FORM OF EXPRESSION AND IMAGE PROJECTION.

ALOS PRAISING THE EXCELLENT WORK OF THE STUDENTS WAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, MRS RITA FAN, WHO SAID THE WINNING ENTRIES SHOWED THAT STUDENTS CARED FOR THE COMMUNITY WITH A BROADENED OUTLOOK.

THE COMPETITION DEMONSTRATED THAT THE AIM OF PROMOTING CIVIC EDUCATION HAD BEEN ACHIEVED, SAID MRS FAN.

STUDENTS OF 36 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WERE LATER PRESENTED WITH BOOK COUPONS VALUED AT BETWEEN $200 AND $5 000 FOR THEIR WINNING ENTRIES.

TOP PRIZES WERE AWARDED TO THE FUNG KAI NO.1 SECONDARY SCHOOL IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL SECTION OF THE COMPETITION AND MA TAU CHUNG GOVERNMENT PRIMARY P.M. SCHOOL IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL SECTION.

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