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SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1988

HONG KONG CHALKS UP A FIRST IN UNIVERSAL EDUCATION

THE

MAJOR CHINESE EDUCATION UP ACHIEVE NEAR DIRECTOR OF

HONG KONG IS NOT ONLY AHEAD THE THREE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THE WORLD TO PROVIDE FREE AND COMPULSORY TO JUNIOR SECONDARY LEVEL BUT ALSO THE FIRST TO UNIVERSAL EDUCATION UP TO SENIOR SECONDARY LEVEL, EDUCATION, MR Y.T. LI, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

THE THREE OTHER MAJOR COMMUNITIES ARE CHINA, TAIWAN AND

SINGAPORE.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF A SEMINAR FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL HEADS ON EDUCATION FOR PUPILS OF DIFFERENT ABILITIES ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT THE GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, MR LI SAID THIS WAS SOMETHING HONG KONG WAS PROUD OF BUT THE ROAD TO SUCCESS NOT BEEN AN BASY ONE.

HAD

PAYING TRIBUTE TO SCHOOL HEADS FOR THEIR COMMON EFFORT ΤΟ PROVIDE THE NEXT GENERATION WITH A MORE EFFECTIVE EDUCATION, TO ENRICH THEIR SCHOOL LIFE AND TO MEET THEIR PRESENT AND FUTURE, MR LI SAID THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNIVERSAL EDUCATION HAD BROUGHT MORE AND MORE PUPILS OF VARYING STANDARDS AND ABILITIES INTO THE SCHOOLS.

WITH THE REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF BOUGHT PLACE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, MR LI SAID THAT WOULD BECOME AN EVEN MORE COMMON PHENOMENON AND SUCH A SITUATION WOULD BE A GREAT CHALLENGE TO THE GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS WHICH USED TO ADMIT PUPILS OF COMPARATIVELY BETTER ACADEMIC RESULTS.

SECTORS ARE OFTEN IMPORTANT TASK OF TEACHING OCCASIONS,

"SCHOOLS IN BOTH THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE CONFRONTED WITH THE PROBLEM, AND INDEED. THE MEETING PUPILS' INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN THEIR EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERN AND DIFFICULTY IN HANDLING A WIDE RANGE OF ACADEMIC STANDARDS, MR LI SAID.

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IN THIS CONNECTION, MR LI CALLED ON THE SCHOOL HEADS TO TAKE IMMEDIATE CONCERN AND TO EXPLORE THE BEST WAYS TO CATER FOR PUPILS' INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, ENHANCE PUPILS' MOTIVATION BY TEACHING PROGRAMMES, MAXIMISE RESOURCES TO PROVIDE PUPILS WITH THE NECESSARY SUPPORTIVE SERVICES.

NOTING

THE

PRESENT

EDUCATIONAL

SYSTEM ATTAIN

WAS

TOO A UNIFORM

ATTAINMENT-CENTRED, WHICH REQUIRED PUPILS ΤΟ STANDARD, MR LI URGED THE SCHOOL HEADS TO EXAMINE APPROACH ADOPTED IN SOME DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

IN PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED BY THEM FOR BEING TOO EXTREME AND THUS LOWERING GENERAL ACADEMIC STANDARDS.

MR LI TOLD SOME 300

THE PUPIL-CENTRED PARTICULAR TO THE IN THE PRACTICE

SCHOOL HEADS 'ATTENDING TODAY'S SEMINAR THAT HE WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OUTCOME OF THEIR DELIBERATIONS WHICH HE WAS SURE WOULD BE MOST USEFUL AND CONDUCIVE TO THE FUTURE WORK OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

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