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TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1988

EVALUATION REPORT ON CIVIC EDUCATION PUBLISHED

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PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN MADE TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN OF CIVIC EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS IN THE SECOND REPORT ON OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE "GUIDELINES ON SCHOOLS" PUBLISHED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT RECENTLY.

THE PROMOTION THE EVALUATION

CIVIC EDUCATION IN

THE REPORT PROPOSED THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT SHOULD BE TO SCHOOLS, FOR EXAMPLE IN THE FORM OF A RECURRENT MORE CIVIC EDUCATION MATERIALS SHOULD BE PRODUCED USE BY SCHOOLS.

PROVIDED

GRANT, AND THAT FOR REFERENCE AND

ALSO, MORE COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS ON SHOULD BE ORGANISED FOR TEACHERS, AND CONSIDERATION TO CONDUCTING RESEARCH STUDIES ON SCHOOL AND ATTITUDES.

CHILDREN'S

SHOULD

CIVIC EDUCATION BE GIVEN AWARENESS

CIVIC

TO THE SUGGESTED

THE PROPOSALS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE RELATING OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO SCHOOLS AND то THE STUDIES, HAVE BEEN ENDORSED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

PROVISION RESEARCH

FAVOURABLE RESPONSE

IN NORTH POINT, UP A SECOND

THE REPORT ALSO NOTED THAT IN VIEW OF THE OF TEACHERS TO THE CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WAS MAKING PREPARATIONS TO SET CENTRE IN KOWLOON.

THE SECOND EVALUATION EXERCISE WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN MARCH MAY LAST YEAR AMONG 403 SECONDARY SCHOOLS

AND AND 691 WITH A RESPONSE RATE OF 98 PER CENT.

PRIMARY SCHOOLS,

RESULTS SHOWED THAT TEACHERS FROM 58 PER RESPONDING SECONDARY

CENT OF THE SCHOOLS AND 47 PER CENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS HAD VISITED THE CIVIC EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE.

OF THE RESPONDING

THAT THE PERCENTAGE TO PROMOTE CIVIC CENT AT THE PRIMARY

THE SECOND EVALUATION REPORT ALSO SHOWED OF SCHOOLS ADOPTING THE CROSS-CURRICULAR APPROACH EDUCATION REMAINED VERY HIGH, THAT IS 87 PER LEVEL AND 74 PER CENT AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.

SCHOOLS TAUGHT REMAINING SCHOOLS

ONLY 13 SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND SIX PRIMARY CIVIC EDUCATION AS AN INDEPENDENT SUBJECT. THE USED A COMBINATION OF METHODS TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION.

POLICY

THE REPORT ALSO NOTED THAT MORE SCHOOLS

TO PROMOTE CIVIC EDUCATION; SET Up CIVIC

AND STUDENTS' ASSOCIATIONS;

SCHOOL ASSEMBLIES,

CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEES CIVIC EDUCATION THROUGH COMMUNITY-ORIENTED ACTIVITIES.

DISCUSSED

SCHOOL EDUCATION

AND PROMOTED CLASS PERIODS AND

THE REPORT