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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1989

CALL FOR CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN PRINCIPALS,

TEACHERS

EFFECTIVE

CHANNELS OF

COMMUNICATION SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED THEIR TEACHING STAFF, THE BETWEEN SCHOOL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES AND DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR Y.T. LI, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

OF A SEMINAR HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE OPENING

ON "TOWARDS A AND TEACHERS" ORGANISED BY BETTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PRINCIPALS THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR HEADS OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

MR LI SAID THE SUBJECT HAD ALWAYS BEEN A MAJOR CONCERN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

SCHOOLS,

OF THE

THE WITH "IN FACT, MOST AIDED

DEPARTMENT'S DIRECT

SINCE ENCOURAGEMENT

1979. HAVE ORGANISED CONSULTATIVE MEETINGS

HE SAID. BETWEEN MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES AND TEACHER REPRESENTATIVES,

SCHOOL MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN

"A RECENT SURVEY BETWEEN TEACHING STAFF AND COMMITTEES SHOWS THAT THE EXISTING CONSULTATIVE THE TWO SIDES ARE GENERALLY USEFUL AND EFFECTIVE.

DAY-TO-DAY WORK OF SCHOOLS

"NEVERTHELESS, AS FAR AS THE CONCERNED, CLOSER AND MORE FREQUENT COMMUNICATION AND TEACHERS IS STILL REQUIRED IN MANY CASES."

IS

BETWEEN PRINCIPALS

MR LI

TOLD THE GATHERING

IN THAT

REVIEWING THE PROGRESS PARTICIPATION IN

TOWARDS ENCOURAGING SCHOOLS TO DEVELOP MORE TEACHER RESPECT OF PROFESSIONAL MATTERS AND

ΤΟ

TAKE

ACCOUNT

NECESSARY AUTONOMOUS SCHOOL MANAGEMENT.

OF

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, IT WAS GROWING OPPORTUNITIES

A MORE

FOR

CHALLENGING "SUCCESS IN COMING TO GRIPS WITH NEW

A CLOSE PARTIES

THEREFORE DEPENDS ON TEACHERS, AND BOTH OTHER'S ROLE IN ORDER TO STRUCTURE," HE SAID.

WERE

BETWEEN

DEVELOPMENTS

RELATIONSHIP NEED A BETTER FACILITATE AN IMPROVED

PRINCIPALS AND

OF UNDERSTANDING

EACH

SCHOOL MANAGEMENT

TASKS FOREMOST

OF THE

PRODUCTIVITY, SUSTAIN THEIR

ENTHUSIASM

IN HIS VIEW, THE FIRST AND TO MOTIVATE HIS TEACHERS' WELL-BEING AND COMMUNITY OF PROFESSIONALS WORKING IN CLOSE COLLABORATION.

HELP THEM ΤΟ

PRINCIPAL

MAINTAIN THEIR FOR THEIR

STAFF, SHOW PROBLEMS AND

HE MUST RESPECT THE PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY OF HIS APPRECIATION FOR THEIR EFFORTS. TRY TO UNDERSTAND THEIR RENDER TIMELY AND APPROPRIATE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE.

AT THE SAME TIME. HE SHOULD APPROACH SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH OPEN MIND, AND EXERCISE CAREFUL JUDGEMENT, MR LI SAID.

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