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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1992

"UNTIL THIS

COUNCIL WHETHER

OR

REVIEW HAS BEEN COMPLETED I CANNOT ADVISE

NOT WE WOULD WISH TO CHANGE ANY

ASPECT

OF

THIS THE

M

QUOTA, HE ADDED.

NINETY PER CENT OF THE PRESENT QUOTA IS ALREADY USED IN PRACTICE FOR FAMILY REUNION.

OF

HONG

WAIT

NEARLY HALF OF THESE PLACES ARE FILLED BY THE WIVES KONG MEN WHO MARRIED IN CHINA, AND WHOSE WIVES HAD THEREFORE TO IN THE QUOTA QUEUE.

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PILOT SCHEME TO HELP IMPLEMENT TTRA

*

A TARGET AND TARGET-RELATED ASSESSMENT (TTRA) PILOT SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED IN 20 PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR TO OBTAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN ITS OPERATION AND ΤΟ IDENTIFY POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WHICH MIGHT BE ENCOUNTERED IN LAUNCHING THE SYSTEM.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

INTRODUCED AT THE SUGGESTION OF THE OMELCO EDUCATION PANEL, THE PILOT SCHEME SHOULD HELP MAKE THE FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF TTRA AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE.

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TIK CHI-YUEN, MR CHAN SAID TTRA WOULD BE LAUNCHED INITIALLY AT PRIMARY 4 COVERING THE CORE SUBJECTS OF CHINESE, ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS IN MAY 1993.

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PILOT SCHEME, HE NOTED, SHOULD BE JUDGED BY THE EXTENT TO WHICH IT EITHER CONFIRMS THAT THE SCHEME CAN BE IMPLEMENTED SMOOTHLY OR IDENTIFIES AREAS WHERE IMPROVEMENTS AND CHANGES ARE NECESSARY.

TEACHERS,

TO ASSESS THIS, QUESTIONNAIRES FOR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, PUPILS AND PARENTS WILL BE ISSUED; AND FEEDBACK SESSIONS AND INTERVIEWS WITH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS AND PUPILS WILL BE ORGANISED AT REGULAR INTERVALS.

VISITS.

IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE CLASSROOM

OBSERVATION AND SCHOOL

AT PRESENT, THE PILOT SCHEME IS BEING RUN WITHIN THE EXISTING RESOURCES OF THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS.

HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITHIN THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO DEVELOP THE NECESSARY SYSTEMS AND MATERIALS AS WELL AS TO TRAIN TEACHERS IN THEIR NEW TASKS.

THESE AMOUNT TO $18 MILLION IN 1992/93 RISING TO $33 MILLION IN

1995/96.

/MEANWHILE, THE