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AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, INCLUDE

HE

STRENGTHENING

WOULD

TEACHERS FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL SECONDARY STUDENTS BELONGING TO THE BOTTOM 10 PER CENT OF THE RANGE.

SAID REMEDIAL SCHOOLS

TEACHING WHICH

OTHER ENHANCEMENT MEASURES AND PROVIDING

CATERED

FOR

JUNIOR

ABILITY

BE IMPLEMENTED TO A PILOT SCHEME WOULD CONCURRENTLY EXTRA ASSISTANCE FOR ACADEMICALLY GIFTED CHILDREN.

PROVIDE

OTHER PROPOSALS EXPLAINED AT THE LUNCHEON MEETING WERE:

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

SEPARATE DIVISION THE COMMISSION, MR LI SAID, FELT THAT A NEW

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WHICH SHOULD BE SET UP WITHIN

WOULD BE THAT RECRUITMENT DEDICATED SOLELY TO CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT WORK AND

THE NEW CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE TO SOME OF THE POSTS IN

TALENTS SHOULD BE MADE OPEN TO NON-CIVIL SERVANTS TO MAKE GOOD USE OF OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT.

BETTER MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS

FINDING OUT

B ΤΟ DECIDE WHICH

MR LI SAID IN THE PAST, THE MAIN INTEREST WAS IN WHETHER CHILD A WAS PERFORMING BETTER THAN CHILD SHOULD BE GIVEN A PLACE AT THE NEXT LEVEL OF EDUCATION.

THE COMMISSION'S

THE

VIEW WAS THAT A FRAMEWORK OF ATTAINMENT TARGETS AND TARGET-RELATED ASSESSMENTS SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED OVER NEXT DECADE.

INDIVIDUAL WAY OF MORE LEARNING MUCH

SUITED TO CHILDREN'S "WITH TARGETS SET AT LEVELS ABILITIES, AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS MADE MORE APPARENT BY INFORMATIVE ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS, STUDENTS WILL FIND MORE MEANINGFUL," HE SAID.

BRANDED AS "THE IMPORTANT POINT IS THAT A CHILD SHOULD NOT BE

COMPARE WELL WITH HIS A FAILURE AS IN THE PAST BECAUSE HE DOES NOT CLASSMATES, HE ADDED.

MR LI EMPHASISED THAT EVEN IF THE CHILD HAD MOVED FROM LEVEL TO ONLY LEVEL 2 IN, FOR EXAMPLE, MATHEMATICS WHILE HIS CLASSMATES

ALBEIT PROGRESS,

NOT ΤΟ MOVED TO LEVEL 3, HE HAD ALREADY MADE SAME EXTENT AS THE OTHERS.

1

HAD

THE

"AND THE NEW SYSTEM WILL ENABLE WHICH AREAS HE IS WEAK AND TO GIVE HIM EXPLAINED.

THE

ΤΟ TEACHER

IDENTIFY SUPPORT ACCORDINGLY, MR

IN

I

LI

LANGUAGE IN EDUCATION

THE

"WITHOUT DEPARTING FROM ITS PREVIOUS STANCE OF ENCOURAGING

MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION, AND

FROM REFRAINING USE OF CHINESE AS THE

AN APPROPRIATE MEDIUM, DEPRIVING SCHOOLS OF THEIR FREEDOM TO CHOOSE

IN SCHOOLS THE COMMISSION HAS COME OUT AGAINST THE USE OF MIXED CODE

FULL AS SUCH PRACTICE RESULTS IN CHILDREN NOT BEING PROFICIENT IN THE RANGE OF LANGUAGE SKILLS IN EITHER CHINESE OR ENGLISH," HE SAID.

/THE COMMISSION