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SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1988

ON THE PRINCIPAL AIMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, MR LAN SAID THEY WERE TO AROUSE AN AWARENESS OF THE RATIONAL USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES, TO DEVELOP SKILLS IN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND TO INCULCATE A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY TOWARD PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT AND MAKING RATIONAL USE OF ITS RESOURCES.

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TURNING TO THE MULTI-DISCIPLINE SCIENCE COURSE, MR LAN SAID WOULD GIVE NON-SCIENCE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY OF EXPOSURE ΤΟ THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF SCIENCE AND ITS TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS.

"IT WILL DRAW EXTENSIVELY ON THE EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE OF PUPILS AND BE DIRECTLY RELEVANT IN PREPARING THEM FOR ADULT LIFE, HE SAID.

MR LAN CALLED ON SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND THE DESIRABILITY OF MAKING A SCIENCE ELECTIVE ALL THEIR NON-SCIENCE PUPILS.

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TEACHERS то RECOGNISE. SUBJECT AVAILABLE ΤΟ

COMMENTING ON THE PRESENT SITUATION IN SCHOOLS, MR LAN SAID SCIENCE WAS BEING TAUGHT THROUGH THE SUBJECT OF INTEGRATED SCIENCE IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE SECONDARY EDUCATION.

A BROAD UNDERSTANDING OF

"THE SUBJECT IS DESIGNED NOT ONLY TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH THE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF SCIENCE AND PREPARE THEM FOR MORE IN-DEPTH SCIENCE MR LAN SAID.

TECHNOLOGY, BUT ALSO ΤΟ EDUCATION IN LATER YEARS,

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"THE SUBJECT IS CONTRIBUTING ΤΟ THE PROCESS OF IMPROVING SCIENCE LITERACY AMONG OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

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MR LAN NOTED THAT IN MANY SCHOOLS, SEPARATION INTO SCIENCE STREAMS AND NON-SCIENCE STREAMS BEGAN IN SECONDARY FOUR.

FOR SCIENCE STUDENTS, MOST WOULD BE EXPOSED ΤΟ MAJOR

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS INCLUDING PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY.

"FOR NON-SCIENCE STUDENTS, THEIR SCFENCE EDUCATION HAS ALSO NOT BEEN NEGLECTED. THERE IS A BROADENED CURRICULUM UNDER WHICH THE NEW SUBJECTS OF COMPUTER STUDIES AND HUMAN BIOLOGY WERE INTRODUCED RECENT YEARS," MR LAN ADDED.

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