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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1987

MR LI SAID THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE,

THE INSTITUTION OF THE LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION (ILE), THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING UNIT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WERE ALSO HEAVILY INVOLVED IN PROVIDING IN-SERVICE TRAINING TO TEACHERS.

HE SAID THE ADVISORY INSPECTORATE ORGAINSED A TOTAL OF 756 SHORT COURSES FOR SOME 29,300 TEACHERS IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS LAST YEAR AND MOST OF THE COURSES WERE CURRICULUM-RELATED AND SUBJECT-BASED BUT COURSES OF A CROSS-CURRICULUM NATURE AND RELATED то CIVIC, MORAL AND SEX EDUCATION WERE ALSO PROMINENT.

THE ILE HAD BEEN PROVIDING IN-SERVICE RETRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS SINCE 1982 WITH THE OBJECT OF RAISING THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS OF THE TEACHING OF CHINESE AND ENGLISH IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, MR LI SAID.

"TO DATE SOME 2,898 PRIMARY AND 277 SECONDARY TEACHERS HAVE ATTENDED ITS COURSES."

SCHOOL LANGUAGE

"REFRESHER TRAINING FOR TEACHERS IS ALSO CONDUCTED COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND A DEPARTMENTAL TRAINING UNIT STAFF DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES FOR TEACHERS AND HEADS OF MR LI SAID.

IN THE ORGANISES SCHOOLS,"

HE SAID IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SEE DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS SCHOOL SPONSORING BODIES ORGANISING SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES FOR THE SCHOOLS UNDER THEIR CONTROL, AND SCHOOLS SETTING ASIDE A DAY ANNUALLY FOR TEACHERS' SEMINARS.

"I SHALL BE GIVING CONSIDERABLE THOUGHT AS TO HOW TO ENCOURAGE FURTHER THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL-BASED IN-SERVICE TRAINING FOR TEACHERS ACTIVITIES WHICH SO APPROPRIATELY GO HAND IN HAND WITH PROPOSALS IN THE

FOR MORE SCHOOL-BASED CURRICULUM INITIATIVES,"

PIPELINE

HE ADDED.

VOLUNTARY AGENCIES VITAL IN PROVISION OF WELFARE SERVICES

VOLUNTARY AGENCIES HAVE A VITAL ROLE TO PLAY IN THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES AND $625 MILLION OF THE WELFARE BUDGET THIS FINANCIAL YEAR HAS BEEN ALLOCATED AS VOLUNTARY SECTOR, DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE. SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

SUBVENTION FOR THE MRS ELIZABETH WONG,

SPEAKING AT THE ANNUAL MEETING

THE

MACLEHOSE CENTRE IN KWAI CHUNG, MRS WONG SAID THE DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT HAD ALWAYS BEEN IN PACE WITH SOCIAL SO AS TO MEET THE COMMUNITY'S CHANGING DEMANDS AND GREAT IMPORTANCE HAD ALWAYS BEEN ATTACHED TO ASSESSING DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR INDIVIDUAL DISTRICTS.

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SHENG KUNG HUI LADY

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SOCIAL

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