WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1993
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT
CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES
THE
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) TOLD THE SCHOOL CURRICULA, NEW ELEMENTS ARISING DURING THE WOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
MICHAEL
THAT
IN TRANSITION PERIOD
LEUNG, DEVELOPING
NOTED
FOR
REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY THE HON TIK CHI-YUEN, MR LEUNG A NEW SUBJECT, GENERAL STUDIES,
DEVELOPED BEING INTRODUCTION AT THE PRIMARY LEVEL IN 1996.
THAT
WAS
THE
FUTURE
HONG
KONG
"IT EMBODIES BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHINESE POLITICAL SYSTEM AS WELL AS
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHINA AND SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION," HE SAID.
THE
AT
THE AND
ECONOMIC
-
ARE
AND PUBLIC
CURRENTLY BEING AND POLITICAL
SECONDARY LEVEL, TWO SUBJECTS AFFAIRS
GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS REVIEWED
ECONOMIC SO AS TO PUT MORE EMPHASIS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HONG KONG AND CHINA.
THE SUBJECT OF LIBERAL STUDIES AT THE LEVEL WAS ALSO INTRODUCED LAST YEAR.
ON
ADVANCED SUPPLEMENTARY
ISSUES IT ADDRESSES CURRENT
IN CHARACTERISE
LEGAL AND
GOVERNMENTS
CHINA, INCLUDING
THAT PHILOSOPHIES CHINA AND HONG KONG, CHINA'S MODERNISATION POLICY AND HER LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS.
MR
LEUNG SAID
SCHOOLS WERE ENCOURAGED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO ORGANISE EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES TO EXPAND STUDENTS'
ON CURRENT KNOWLEDGE
ISSUES, ENHANCE THEIR ENABLE THEM TO FORM BALANCED VIEWS.
GENERAL
AWARENESS
PROVIDED
ΤΟ
AND
ASSIST
IN ADDITION, TEACHING KITS ON CIVIC EDUCATION, THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT
THE BASIC LAW HAVE BEEN DECLARATION TEACHERS IN COVERING THESE IMPORTANT TOPICS.
TURNING
RESPONSIBILITY
TO
AND
ACADEMIC
SAID INSTITUTIONS
THE
THE
MR ACCREDITATION,
LEUNG WAS CURRENTLY VESTED IN SOME TERTIARY WHICH WERE ABLE TO DISCHARGE IT ON THEIR OWN, AND IN OTHERS WITH HELP OF THE HONG KONG COUNCIL FOR ACADEMIC ACCREDITATION.
DEVELOPMENT,
ACADEMIC
ACCREDITATION
IS
A
"LIKE CURRICULUM CONTINUOUS PROCESS WHICH TAKES INTO ACCOUNT CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES.
"THERE
IS, AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE, NO SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT
ARISING FROM THE TRANSITION TO BE ADDRESSED IN POLICY TERMS, HE ADDED.
CHINA
H
AND PRACTICAL
OUT THAT OR OTHER
UP
AS REGARDS THE RECOGNITION IN HONG KONG OF PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF (PRC) ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS, THE SECRETARY POINTED THERE WAS ALREADY A MECHANISM UNDER WHICH HOLDERS OF PRC OVERSEAS QUALIFICATIONS MIGHT BE ASSESSED FOR SUITABILITY TO TAKE TEACHING AT THE NON-GRADUATE LEVEL.
QUALIFICATIONS
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TEACHER EDUCATION AND WILL BE LOOKING INTO THE POSITION OF GRADUATE TEACHING POSTS, MR LEUNG SAID.
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