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SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1988

SOFTWARE PACKAGES TO PROMOTE COMPUTER TEACHING

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THE

DEPARTMENT EDUCATION

THE

THE

IS ABOUT ΤΟ

OUT CONTRACT THREE STAGES TO ENHANCE PRODUCTION OF 14 SOFTWARE PACKAGES IN

FORMS, THE ACTING TEACHING OF COMPUTER LITERACY IN JUNIOR SECONDARY DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR JOHN WINFIELD, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

HE WAS SPEAKING AT A PRIZE PRESENTATION CEREMONY MICROCOMPUTER IN EDUCATION CONFERENCE.

HELD AT THE

PROGRAMMING,

CHARACTER LIBRARY,

MR WINFIELD SAID THE PACKAGES WOULD COMPRISE LOGO COMPUTER GRAPHICS, COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, CHINESE

PROCESSING AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMMES CHINESE WORD ASSISTED LEARNING IN A NUMBER OF COMMON SUBJECTS.

IT

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EXPECTED THAT

*THROUGH

THE

ON COMPUTER

USE OF THESE PACKAGES, ACCEPT THE AVAILABILITY OF STUDENTS WILL GRADUALLY UNDERSTAND AND COMPUTERS AS PROBLEM-SOLVING AND PRACTICAL TOOLS.

DEPARTMENT'S

MR WINFIELD ALSO SAID THE EDUCATION EDUCATION CENTRE HAD RECENTLY PROCURED SUFFICIENT SOFTWARE IN THREE APPLICATION AREAS.

COMPUTER COPIES OP POPULAR

"THEY ARE WORD PROCESSING, ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET AND MANAGEMENT, HE SAID.

"

"COURSES TO TRAIN SCHOOL HEADS

DATABASE

AND TEACHERS IN THEIR USAGE BEEN SPECIALLY HAVE NOW BEEN PLANNED AND THE FIRST COURSE, WHICH HAS ARRANGED AT THE REQUEST OF THE ASSOCIATION OF PRINCIPALS OF CHURCH

H HE ADDED. CHRIST IN CHINA SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WILL TAKE PLACE IN JUNE,'

OF

USED FOR VARIOUS NOTING THAT COMPUTERS WERE NOW QUITE WIDELY

RECORDS AND ASPECTS OF

STUDENT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION INCLUDING

PRINT-OUTS, MR WINFIELD EXAMINATION RESULTS IN THE FORM OF COMPUTER

WHICH SUCH SAID A SURVEY WAS RECENTLY CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY WAYS PROCESSES MIGHT BE FURTHER DEVELOPED.

IN

SCHOOLS IN ANALYSED то CAREFUL THOUGHT WOULD

THE RESPONSE RATE TO A QUESTIONNAIRE IN AROUND 160 THE SURVEY HAD BEEN EXCELLENT AND THE RESULTS WERE BEING DETERMINE POSSIBLE DIRECTIONS IN THIS REGARD.

BE REQUIRED.

BEFORE PRESENTING PRIZES TO STUDENT

SAID

MR WINFIELD

THE

WINNERS

ENTRIES INDICATED THAT COMPUTER EDUCATION WAS BEARING FRUIT,

CREATIVE

CONTEST,

IN

IN

THE COMPUTER CONTEST THE

TIME IN DECIDING THE NOTING THAT THE JUDGES HAD A DIFFICULT

COMPLEX WINNERS AMONG THE 120 ENTRIES, HE SAID MANY ENTRIES DISPLAYED PROGRAMMING SKILLS AND INGENUITY.

"THEY WERE