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EDUCATION STANDARDS TO BE MAINTAINED AND IMPROVED

THROUGH BETTER TEACHING AND LEARNING

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EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS SHOULD THROUGH BETTER TEACHING, LEARNING, ASSESSMENT.

BE MAINTAINED AND IMPROVED AND ENHANCED MONITORING AND

THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR LI YUET-TING, SAID THIS WAS THE PRO-ACTIVE VIEW OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION.

SPEAKING ON THE COMMISSION'S FOURTH REPORT (ECR 4) AT THE HONG KONG JAYCEE SENATORS' LUNCHEON MEETING TODAY (WEDNESDAY), MR LI SAID UNDERLYING THE ECR 4 PROPOSALS WAS THE FIRM BELIEF THAT THE PRESENT POLICY OF PROVIDING THE NINE-YEAR FREE AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION SHOULD BE MAINTAINED.

"QUITE CONTRARY TO THE VIEWS IN SOME QUARTERS THAT CURRICULAR AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS IN SCHOOLS WOULD DISAPPEAR IF WE REVERT BACK TO A

MEMBERS NON-COMPULSORY SITUATION, COMMISSION

FEEL THAT THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM SHOULD BE ADAPTED TO MEET FULLY

NEEDS OF ALL OUR CHILDREN, IN PARTICULAR THOSE AT THE TWO ENDS OF THE ABILITY SPECTRUM, HE SAID.

CLOSELY

BELIEVED

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THE COMMISSION, HE SAID,

THAT LEARNING AND BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS WERE

INTERTWINED AND THAT WHILE THE COMMON CORE CURRICULUM DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY DAYS OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION HAD ACHIEVED A HIGH DEGREE OF CONSISTENCY IN STANDARDS AMONG MOST STUDENTS, SOME HAD NOT BENEFITED FROM IT.

COMMISSION MEMBERS FELT THAT THIS WAS A SOURCE OF CLASSROOM PROBLEMS, NOTABLY WITH STUDENTS AT BOTH ENDS OF THE ABILITY SPECTRUM AND STUDENTS WHO WERE NOT MOTIVATED OR WERE INCLINED MORE TOWARDS PRACTICAL SUBJECTS THAN ACADEMIC SUBJECTS, HE SAID,

"THEY CONSIDER THAT RESOURCES SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR TWO-PRONG ATTACK AT THESE PROBLEMS, MR LI EXPLAINED.

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HE POINTED OUT THAT WITHIN THE ORDINARY SCHOOL SETTING, EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICES SHOULD BE STRENGTHENED AND, IN WHAT HAD

THE BEEN TERMED BY THE COMMISSION AS

"WHOLE SCHOOL

ALL APPROACH, TEACHERS IN A SCHOOL SHOULD ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN ASSISTING STUDENTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS.

"IN THIS REGARD, RESOURCES WILL BE PROVIDED FOR SCHOOLS ENGAGED IN VARIOUS PROGRAMMES TO GIVE POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT FOR GOOD BEHAVIOUR, MR LI SAID.

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"THE DEPLOYMENT

OF STUDENT GUIDANCE SCHOOLS WILL ALSO BE REFORMED. CURRENTLY DEPARTMENT STAFF.

"IN THE NEW SCHEME, THEIR POSTS WILL BE AND SCHOOLS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EMPLOY THEIR TEACHERS IN THE HOPE THAT A SCHOOL-BASED SERVICE EFFECTIVE."

OFFICERS FOR PRIMARY THEY ARE EDUCATION

GRADUALLY PHASED OUT OWN STUDENT GUIDANCE

WILL BE EVEN

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