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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1989

EDUCATION WAS

"IN THE SAME YEAR, THE INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE IN ESTABLISHED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMOTING THE TEACHING," MR LI SAID, ADDING THAT THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS FROM AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS HAD COMPLETED

THE INSTITUTE AND CLASSROOM REALITY,

BEEN ABLE

QUALITY OF LANGUAGE PRIMARY ORGANISEL BY LEARNED INTO

IMMERSION TO TRANSLATE

COURSES WHAT MAS

OF THOSE

OF ENGLISH, TO PREVENT ANY CONSEQUENTIAL DROP IN THE STANDARD

HAD IN 1988

A POSITIVE INTRODUCED MR LI SAID THE GOVERNMENT

WHICH FAVOUR

SECONDARY SCHOOLS DISCRIMINATION POLICY IN

THE ADOPTED CHINESE AS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION TO KEEP IN LINE WITH RECOMMENDATION OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION.

*

HAS

BEEN

SET

UF

TO

REVIEW

THE EXISTING A WORKING PARTY

WILL BE RELEASED LANGUAGE IMPROVEMENT MEASURES. IN ITS REPORT WHICH

AMONG VERY SHORTLY RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO PROMOTE BILINGUAL SKILLS OUR STUDENTS ARE MADE, HE SAID.

THE

EDUCATION,

TURNING TO THE QUALITATIVE IMPROVEMENTS FOR PRIMARY

REVIEWING AND MODIFICATION OF MR LI SAID THEY INCLUDED THE REGULAR

OF EXTENSION TOWARDS ENCOURAGEMENT SCHOOL CURRICULUM.

OF THE

OF IMPORTANCE RECOGNITION "ACTIVITY APPROACH". TEACHING AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE TEACHER/CLASS RATIO TO 1.2: 1.

THE

THE REMEDIAL FROM 1.1: 1

IMMEDIATE ABOLITION WHOLE DAY PRIMARY GOVERNMENT FOR THE FUTURE

WITH STARTING

CLASSES AT UPPER

ALTHOUGH LIMITED RESOURCES PREVENTED OF BI-SESSIONALISM IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS, MR LI SAID EDUCATION WAS DEFINITELY THE GOAL OF THE AND WOULD BE GRADUALLY INTRODUCED. PRIMARY LEVELS.

ON SECONDARY EDUCATION,

EXPANDED TO INCLUDE CIVIC

HAD

HE

THE SAID

SCHOOL CURRICULUM MORAL

AND EDUCATION EDUCATION,

COMPUTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS INTRODUCED STUDIES. A SCHOOL-BASED CURRICULUM

WERE RE-ORGANISED RECENTLY AND THE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEES TO ALLOW AND ENCOURAGE MORE TEACHER PARTICIPATION,

SAID A KINDERGARTEN

REFERKING TO PRE-PRIMARY SERVICES, MR LI FEE REMISSION SCHEME WOULD BE INTRODUCED. IT WOULD BE ADMINISTERED THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN LINE WITH OTHER EDUCATION SECTOR AND IT WAS ENVISAGED THAT PUPIL RATIO OF 1: 20 WOULD BE ACHIEVED BY 1990.

BY

SIMILAR SCHEMES IN THE AN ENHANCED TEACHER AND

"AMONG THE RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION IN

HAS BEEN

THAT APPROVED

AN IMPROVED EDUCATION, IT PRE-PRIMARY

TEACHERS KINDERGARTEN

WOULD TRAINING COURSE FOR QUALIFIED ASSISTANT

MR LI BE CONDUCTED IN DISTRICT CENTRES WITH FLEXIBLE TRAINING HOURS, SAID.

+4

SALARY

SCALE

BE

WOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO

INTRODUCED

AND

PAY THEIR TEACHERS

"A RECOMMENDED

KINDERGARTEN OPERATORS WOULD

ACCORDING TO THE SCALE.

"MOREOVER, A