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(6) START WITH TRANSFER OF STUDENTS TO PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS:
THIS POLICY ENVISAGES A PILOT PROJECT TO BE CARRIED OUT. THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL START ON THE PILOT SCHEME IN MID-1992.
(7) SETTING UP PRACTICAL SCHOOLS:
FUNDING FOR CONVERSION OF ONE ORDINARY SCHOOL то A PRACTICAL SCHOOL AND CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NEW ONES HAS BEEN PROVIDED UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMME, WITH START DATES IN 1992/93.
APART FROM (1), THE POLICY FOR WHICH WILL BE DECIDED SHORTLY, FUNDING FOR ALL THE OTHER ITEMS HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO ENABLE WORK ΤΟ PROCEED AS SOON AS PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE. THE NECESSARY FUNDS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED OUTSIDE OF THE 1992/93 ESTIMATES. THEY WILL COME FROM THE ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION OF $300 MILLION AS ANNOUNCED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON APRIL 1, THIS YEAR.
(B) REPORT NO. 3
(1) IMPROVING CURRICULUM AND TEACHING IN SCHOOLS:
THE EDUCATION COMMISSION DID NOT MAKE ANY SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS ON THESE ISSUES WHICH HAVE, HOWEVER, BEEN COVERED EXTENSIVELY IN EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 4 (ECR4).
(2) IMPROVING QUALITY OF PRIVATE SCHOOLS, INCLUDING:
(A) THE INTRODUCTION OF THE DIRECT SUBSIDY SCHEME:
THIS SCHEME HAS BEEN INTRODUCED AND NINE SCHOOLS HAVE JOINED SINCE LAST YEAR, WITH ONE MORE TO JOIN IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.
(B) CONVERSION OF BOUGHT PLACE SCHOOL (BPS) TO WHOLE OPERATION BY 1993:
DAY
TWENTY OUT OF THE 22 BPS SCHOOLS HAVE SIGNED FIVE YEAR CONTRACTS WITH THE GOVERNMENT LAST YEAR TO UPGRADE THEMSELVES TO AIDED SCHOOL STANDARD. THIS INCLUDES GRADUAL CONVERSION TO WHOLE DAY OPERATION.
(C) IMPROVEMENTS TO QUALITY OF TEACHERS IN BPS:
THE UPGRADING PROGRAMME SET OUT AT (B) WILL RESULT IN IMPROVED TEACHER TRAINING. PROVISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR UNTRAINED TEACHERS IN BPS TO ATTEND IN-SERVICE COURSE FOR TEACHER TRAINING.
(D) IMPROVEMENTS TO CLASS STRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT AND CLASS
SIZE:
AS SET OUT AT (B) ABOVE, ALMOST ALL BPS SCHOOLS ARE PRESENTLY UNDERGOING A PROCESS OF UPGRADING TO AIDED SCHOOL STANDARD IN RESPECT OF CLASS STRUCTURE, EQUIPMENT AND CLASS SIZE. MOREOVER, THE GOVERNMENT IS PROVIDING LOANS FOR ALL THESE SCHOOLS
TO PURCHASE
THEIR PREMISES.
/(C) REPORT NO. 2
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