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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1991

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FAR-REACHING EFFECTS ON QUALITY OF EDUCATION

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FOURTH A NEW OF

FAR-REACHING

IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION'S REPORT NOW BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT, IN PARTICULAR

AND FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

THE INTRODUCTION FRAMEWORK

TARGETS AND RELATED ASSESSMENTS, WILL HAVE EFFECTS ON THE QUALITY OF INSTRUCTION IN OUR SCHOOLS.

ATTAINMENT

CHAN, SAID THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN

ADDING: "THESE THIS IN

(WEDNESDAY), THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY

WE ARE EFFECTS SHOULD BECOME EVIDENT TOWARDS THE END OF THE DECADE. CONVINCED THAT THEY WILL BE BENEFICIAL.

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MR CHAN SALD IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF SCHOOL EDUCATION WAS OF THE TWIN PILLARS SUPPORTING EDUCATION STRATEGY FOR THE 1990S, OTHER BEING THE EXPANSION OF TERTIARY EDUCATION.

ONE

THE

HAVING ACHIEVED QUANTITATIVE TARGETS IN THE PROVISION OF SCHOOL WERE NOW PLACES, OR VERY NEARLY DONE SO, THE GOVERNMENT'S SIGHTS FIRMLY SET ON IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION.

OF THE ELEMENTS UNDERPINNING QUALITY, HE SAID, TWO STOOD OUT AS THE MOST IMPORTANT THE CURRICULUM AND THE TEACHERS.

MR CHAN

REFERRED

ON

CURRICULUM. THE

TO IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION'S FOURTH REPORT WHICH WERE NOW BEING IMPLEMENTED:

UP BY AND

A NEW CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE WILL BE SET APRIL NEXT YEAR; AND A SYSTEM OF ATTAINMENT TARGETS TARGET RELATED ASSESSMENTS IN THE CORE SUBJECTS OF ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS WILL BE INTRODUCED BY 1994.

CHINESE,

ENSURING THAT

HAVE THE

A PACKAGE OF MEASURES IS BEING DEVELOPED TO ENCOURAGE MOTHER

TEACHING IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WHILE TONGUE THOSE RECEIVING AN ENGLISH-MEDIUM LINGUISTIC ABILITY TO BENEFIT FROM IT.

GUIDANCE AND STRENGTHENED

EDUCATION

SERVICES IN SCHOOLS COUNSELLING

MORE ATTENTION IS BEING GIVEN AND WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

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ARE BEING PUPILS

OF THE

MR CHAN ALSO SAID THAT ARISING OUT OF EARLIER REPORTS EDUCATION COMMISSION, THE CURRICULUM AT THE SIXTH FORM LEVEL WAS BEING BROADENED.

FORM WILL

LEVEL THE NEW

"FROM NEXT SEPTEMBER ALL THOSE ENTERING THE SIXTH TAKE A STANDARD TWO-YEAR COURSE WHICH, IN ADDITION TO ADVANCED SUBJECTS, WILL INITIALLY PROVIDE A CHOICE OF 17 SUBJECTS AT ADVANCED SUPPLEMENTARY LEVEL.

"MEANWHILE, THE EXPANSION OF SIXTH FORM PLACES INCREASED ADMISSION SYSTEM INTRODUCED THIS YEAR HAVE ABOUT 3,000 COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR,

"

HE SAID.

AND THE ENROLMENT

NEW BY

/ON TEACHERS

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