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MONDAY, JULY 13, 1987

IMPROVEMENT TO CHILD CARE TRAINING

GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS ATTACHED GREAT TRAINING OF CHILD CARE WORKERS, THE DIRECTOR OF ELIZABETH WONG, SAID TODAY (MONDAY),

IMPORTANCE то SOCIAL WELFARE,

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OFFICIATING AT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OF THE CHILD CARE COURSE OF THE LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, MRS WONG SAID THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT FIRST INTRODUCED IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSE FOR CHILD CARE WORKERS IN 1962 AND SINCE THEN, A TOTAL OF 3,800 WORKERS HAD BEEN TRAINED.

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"STARTING FROM 1987-88, THIS FIVE-WEEK COURSE

BEEN EXTENDED TO EIGHT WEEKS, TO PROVIDE WITHIN SIX MONTHS MORE INTENSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE IN-SERVICE TRAINING TO WORKERS SERVING IN CRECHES AND NURSERIES.

"THE COURSE CONTENT HAS ALSO BEEN IMPROVED ΤΟ INCLUDE THE PREPARATION OF CURRICULA AND PROGRAMMES FOR CHILD CARE CENTRES, EARLY DETECTION OF CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHILD CARE WORKERS," SHE SAID.

CONCURRENTLY, NINE SIMILAR COURSES WOULD BE RUN BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC PROVIDING 270 PLACES, MRS WONG ADDED.

"THE LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE, APART FROM CONTINUING WITH ITS TWO-YEAR PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE CHILD CARE CERTIFICATE COURSE, HAS SINCE THIS YEAR INTRODUCED A ONE-YEAR FULL-TIME COURSE TO PROVIDE GOOD TRAINING TO WORKERS, DOTI BEFORE AND AFTER THEY TAKE UP CHILD CARE WORK, SHE SAID.

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ON THE ROLE OF CHILD CARE WORKERS, MRS WONG STRESSED THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE AND FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM ΤΟ ASSIST CHILDREN ΤΟ ACQUIRE BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND GOOD HABITS FOR THEIR DAILY LIFE, то STIMULATE THEIR INTEREST IN LEARNING, THUS LAYING A GOOD FOUNDATION FOR THEM TO DEVELOP INTO HEALTHY, SOCIABLE AND LAW-ABIDING MEMBERS THE SOCIETY.

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IT WAS ALSO NECESSARY FOR WORKERS TO KEEP IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH PARENTS TO ENSURE THAT PROPER CARE WAS RENDERED TO CHILDREN BOTH AT HOME AND IN THE CHILD CARE CENTRE, SHE SAID.

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"FACED WITH THIS CHALLENGING MISSION, APART PROFESSIONAL KNOW-HOW YOU LEARN FROM THIS COURSE, IT IS ALSO NECESSARY FOR YOU TO BE KIND AND LOVING, EMOTIONALLY STABLE, HEALTHY AND TO HAVE A SENSE OF HUMOUR," SHE TOLD THE GRADUATES.

LEE WAI LEE HAS PROVIDED TRAINING FOR MORE THAN 200 CHILD CARE WORKERS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE COURSE IN 1980.

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