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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1992

MR CHAN ALSO TOLD MEMBERS THAT GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING ESSENTIAL COMPONENT IN THE CORE PROGRAMME OF ALL INITIAL TRAINING COURSES BY THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION.

AN

FORMS TEACHER

NO.

4.

ALL

"AS RECOMMENDED IN THE EDUCATION COMMISSION'S REPORT THIS COMPONENT HAS BEEN STRENGTHENED SINCE SEPTEMBER 1991 TO HELP TEACHER TRAINEES DEVELOP A POSITIVE ATTITUDE IN ASSISTING STUDENTS RESOLVE THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS, HE SAID.

ΤΟ

"TEACHER TRAINEES ARE PROVIDED WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO DEEPEN

CULTURAL, THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS THROUGH ACADEMIC,

SEMINARS AND CREATIVE AND CONTEMPORARY STUDIES, AS WELL AS THROUGH WORKSHOPS ON CIVIC EDUCATION, SEX EDUCATION, JUVENILE DELINQUENCY GOOD PARENTING.

AND

IN

"THEY ALSO LEARN HOW TO CONDUCT EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS OUTSIDE NORMAL CLASSROOM SITUATIONS, THEREBY FACILITATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HOME-SCHOOL CO-OPERATION.

REGULAR PROFESSIONAL SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS ARE CONDUCTED TEACHERS BY EDUCATIONAL COUNSELLORS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

M

FOR

EIGHT ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS ON "EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION" FOR SCHOOL

THEIR COMMUNICATION ENHANCE TEACHERS TO

SKILLS IN WORKING WITH STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS WERE HELD EARLIER THIS YEAR AND WILL BE CONDUCTED BY MID-1993.

IN ADDITION, 12 REGIONAL DISCUSSION SESSIONS FOR REPRESENTING SCHOOLS IN THE SAME AND NEIGHBOURING REGIONS EXPERIENCES IN WORKING WITH STUDENTS AND PARENTS ARE BETWEEN OCTOBER THIS YEAR AND FEBRUARY 1993.

THEIR

12 MORE

TEACHERS TO SHARE SCHEDULED

LAW GOVERNING PRIVATE TUITION SCHOOLS TO BE AMENDED

APPROPRIATE LEGISLATION WILL BE INTRODUCED INTO THE LEGISLATIVE PROBLEMS EXISTING DURING THE CURRENT SESSION TO RECTIFY THE COUNCIL RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF PRIVATE TUITION SCHOOLS, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN CHAN, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY),

IN

MAN-KWONG

HAD

CHEUNG A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR CHAN SAID THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED THREE BROAD PROBLEM AREAS DURING ITS INVESTIGATIONS EXISTING REGISTERED AND UNREGISTERED PRIVATE TUITION SCHOOLS.

INTO

COMPLY WITH TEACHERS

THE FIRST CONCERNS REGISTERED SCHOOLS FAILING TO TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS, SUCH AS REPORTING THE APPOINTMENT OF AND OBTAINING APPROVAL TO OPERATE NEW COURSES.

MR CHAN SAID THESE PROBLEMS, WHERE FOUND, HAD ON THE ADVICE OF THE SCHOOL INSPECTORS,

BEEN RECTIFIED

/THE SECOND