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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1988

RESPONSE TO GUIDELINES FAVOURABLE

GUIDELINES

RESPONSE FROM SCHOOLS ON THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ON GUIDANCE WORK IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS BEEN GENERALLY FAVOURABLE, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION THE HON RON BRIDGE, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

HAS

AND MANPOWER,

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON RITA THAT WHEN THE GUIDELINES WERE

FAN, MR BRIDGE SAID ISSUED IN THE AUTUMN DEPARTMENT HAD EMPHASISED THAT THE GUIDELINES

OF 1986, THE WERE AND WOULD BE REVIEWED AFTER ONE YEAR.

SUGGESTIONS ONLY

"SINCE THEN THE DEPARTMENT HAS DONE ITS BEST TO FIND SCHOOLS HOW THE GUIDELINES ARE WORKING IN PRACTICE, HE SAID.

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HE POINTED OUT THAT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD QUESTIONNAIRE AND STUDIED SCHOOLS'

WORK.

[

STATISTICAL RECORDS

OUT FROM

ISSUED A ON GUIDANCE

WHEN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OFFICERS VISIT SCHOOLS THEY USE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE WITH THEM. HE ADDED.

THE

THE PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW WAS TO ASSESS THE USEFULNESS GUIDELINES, FIND OUT HOW MUCH SCHOOLS WERE USING

OF THE THEM AND LIGHT ANY PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES WHICH SCHOOLS MIGHT HAVE ENCOUNTERED. BRING ΤΟ

"THE MATERIAL FROM THE REVIEW WAS ASSEMBLED IN MR BRIDGE SAID.

OCTOBER 1987,

HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE RESULTS WERE BEING ANALYSED MORE DETAIL BY A WORKING GROUP IN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

IN

THIS YEAR,

"WE HOPE TO HAVE A REPORT READY FOR ISSUE TO SCHOOLS

HE ADDED.

IN MAY

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