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TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1990

"MORE NEED

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EXAMPLE,

OF INITIATIVE AND

TO BE DONE IN THE NON-MONETARY AREAS, FOR IN THE AREA OF JOB SATISFACTION, IN THE EXERCISE CREATIVITY, IN THE ENHANCEMENT OF

PROFESSIONALISM THROUGH TRAINING,

METHODS, AND IN HEADMASTERS

IN THE INTRODUCTION OF MORE EFFECTIVE TEACHING

TO AUTHORITY GREATER

DEVOLUTION OF A A TEACHERS," HE SAID.

OF DEGREE

TARGETS

THE

AND

AND

AND

MR YEUNG POINTED OUT THAT THE ACADEMIC ATTAINMENT

RESPONSIBILITY CRITERION-REFERENCED TESTS, AND THE DEVOLUTION OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO SCHOOLS WERE TWO POSSIBLE CHANGES IN THIS DIRECTION.

ON THE INTRODUCTION OF CRITERION-REFERENCED

LEVEL,

THE

TESTS,

TESTING INVOLVED FROM TEACHING TO LEARNING.

UNDER

TARGETS AND

THE ACADEMIC ATTAINMENT MR YEUNG SAID ON THE PEDAGOGICAL

CHANGING

EMPHASIS IN SCHOOLS

THE

CRITERION-REFERENCED THE ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO PROGRESS AT THEIR OWN UP THEIR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES AS SHOWN YEUNG SAID.

SYSTEM, TEACHERS COULD

COULD PACE, AND

ADDRESS BY THE ASSESSMENTS, MR

"TEACHERS WILL THUS

HAVE A MUCH

EXPECTED OF THEM AND THIS MUST LEAD TO GREATER SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT.

STUDENT

CLEARER IDEA OF WHAT IS JOB SATISFACTION AND

WILL BE

ABLE TO SEE WHAT

"UNDER SUCH A SYSTEM, A PROGRESS HE OR SHE HAS ATTAINED UP THE LADDER OF ATTAINMENT TARGETS.

PACE,

WILL PROGRESS AT A DIFFERENT "ALTHOUGH EACH STUDENT

INCENTIVE FOR THEM THEIR PROGRESS IS VISIBLE AND THIS CREATES GREAT TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT HIGHER STEP.

SAID.

"TEACHING AND LEARNING SHOULD BE

GREAT FUN AFTER

THIS,'

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RE

AND ACCOUNTABILITY WERE INEXPERIENCED EDUCATION AIMS, THE CONTROL OVER THE SYLLABUS AND THE IN WHICH SCHOOLS SPENT THE

REGARDING THE DEVOLUTION OF RESPONSIBILITY TO SCHOOLS, MR YEUNG SAID WHEN MANY SCHOOL BODIES AND SOME WERE MOTIVATED BY POLITICAL AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT NEEDED FIRM CENTRAL SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, AND OVER THE MANNER PUBLIC FUNDS.

WE ARE REVIEWING

AND APPLIED,

"NOW THAT OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM IS MATURING, THE WAY IN WHICH THE CODES OF AID ARE BEING INTERPRETED IN ORDER TO GIVE SCHOOLS A GREATER DEGREE OF AUTONOMY AND INITIATIVE, HE SAID.

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THE SCHOOLS WILL "THE DEVOLUTION OF DECISION-MAKING POWER TO

PERFORMANCE AND SHOULD FOSTER MAKE THEM MORE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR STRONGER LEADERSHIP AMONG SCHOOL HEADS AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES.

AS A

"IT WILL HAVE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ROLE OF TEACHERS WITHIN

RESULT WILL BECOME LESS SCHOOLS, WHOSE JOB

CONSTRAINED BUREAUCRACY," MR YEUNG SAID.

THE

BY

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