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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1992

NEW SCHOOL GUIDANCE APPROACH

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GUIDANCE IN SCHOOLS SHOULD NO LONGER ASSUME THE TRADITIONAL CASE-WORK APPROACH BUT SHOULD EMPHASISE ON COMMUNICATION, BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ONE ANOTHER'S ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AND POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR AMONG STUDENTS.

THIS AT IN

SAID THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR DOMINIC SW WONG, THE ANNUAL SPEECH DAY OF THE DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL TODAY (FRIDAY) GASCOIGNE ROAD IN YAU MA TEI.

ASSIST

SCHOOLS TO PROMOTE THE WHOLE-SCHOOL WE ARE NOW COMPILING FORMAL GUIDELINES FOR DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOLS IN THE NEXT FEW

"IN ORDER то APPROACH TO GUIDANCE, REFERENCE. THESE WILL BE MONTIIS, MR WONG SAID.

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THERE WILL ALSO BE:

MORE GUIDANCE VISITS TO SCHOOLS;

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SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS;

PRE-SERVICE AND REFRESHER TRAINING COURSES FOR GUIDANCE TEACHERS; AND

PROGRAMME FUNDS FOR GUIDANCE ACTIVITIES.

IMPORTANT

HOMES

MR WONG POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS

TO SUPPLEMENT THE WHOLE-SCHOOL APPROACH WITH A MECHANISM FOR BRINGING SCHOOLS AND CLOSER TOGETHER TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND SCHOOLS.

THESE WOULD PROVIDE A

BETTER UNDERSTANDING

OF STUDENTS AND

GIVE AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY FOR PROBLEM-SOLVING.

*I INTEND TO ESTABLISH A CENTRALISED COMMITTEE ON HOME-SCHOOL WAYS OF STRENGTHENING CO-OPERATION WITHIN THREE MONTHS TO ADVISE ON HOME-SCHOOL CO-OPERATION, TO UNDERTAKE RESEARCH IN THIS FIELD ENCOURAGE SCHOOLS TO SET UP PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS," HE SAID.

AND ΤΟ

DRAWN

AND

WOULD BE

GROUPS, PARENT

MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE WIDE AND FROM SCHOOLS AT DIFFERENT

LEVELS, TEACHERS, EXPERIENCED AND INTERESTED PEOPLE IN THIS FIELD, HE ADDED.

MR WONG ALSO PRAISED THE DIOCESAN OUTSTANDING RESULTS

THE ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

IN

GIRLS' FIELD,

SCHOOL

FOR ITS

EXTRA-CURRICULAR

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