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THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1994

THE

14

LATEST

ANNUAL REPORT

WATER AND CHINESE FOR SALE AT OFFICE

ENTITLED "BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF BATHING

1993" (ENGLISH BEACHES IN HONG KONG, VERSJONS), FOR THE BATHING SEASON OF 1993, IS AVAILABLE THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

FOR FURTHER

ENQUIRIES,

PLEASE CONTACT

EPD'S

PRINCIPAL

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OFFICER DR MALCOLM BROOM ON TEL 835 1234.

0

MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION GROUPING FOR P6 PUPILS

OF THEIR

ABILITY

THE

LEARN IN

PARENTS OF PRIMARY 6 PUPILS WILL TOMORROW (FRIDAY) BE TOLD

ΤΟ GROUPING OF THEIR CHILDREN IN TERMS ENGLISH OR CHINESE..

THE INFORMATION WILL ENABLE PARENTS TO CHOOSE A SECONDARY

SUITABLE LANGUAGE SCHOOL WHICH OFFERS A

OF INSTRUCTION FOR THEIR

CHILDERN.

THE

LANGUAGE THE SECONDARY UNDER THE 'MEDIUM

AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID PROFICIENCY OF 85,560 PRIMARY 6 PUPILS PARTICIPATING IN SCHOOL PLACES ALLOCATION SCHEME HAS BEEN ASSESSED OF INSTRUCTION GROUPING ASSESSMENT' (MIGA) EXERCISE.

MIGA IS A MEDIUM

OF

FIRST

THAT TIME

ΤΟ REFERENCE

IS THE THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "THIS ADOPTED TO GROUP SECONDARY 1 ENTRANTS BY INSTRUCTION IN WHICH THEY CAN LEARN EFFECTIVELY."

ASSESSMENTS PRIMARY

ON

6,

THE GROUPING IS BASED ON THE SCHOOLS' INTERNAL PUPILS AT THE END OF PRIMARY 5 AND DURING THE MID-YEAR OF BOTH OF WHICH ARE SCALED BY THE ACADEMIC APTITUDE TEST.

PUPILS

IN

BE ABLE TO LEARN EFFECTIVELY

IN GROUP I I SHOULD LEARN MORE THOSE IN GROUP III SHOULD

BUT

ABLE PROBABLY ALSO BE

SHOULD PUPILS IN GROUP I EITHER ENGLISH OR CHINESE, EFFECTIVELY THROUGH THE CHINESE MEDIUM.

CHINESE LEARN BETTER THROUGH THE TO LEARN EFFECTIVELY IN ENGLISH.

MEDIUM

THIS YEAR, AMONG THE 85,560 PRIMARY 6 PUPILS

ALLOCATION

PARTICIPATING

PUPILS 50,359

IN CENT)

IN

SCHEME, A TOTAL OF 28,510 (58.86 GROUP

WHILE

THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES PUPILS (33.32 PER CENT) ARE IN GROUP I, PER CENT) ARE IN GROUP II AND 6,407 PUPILS (7.49 PER III.

MIGA IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THE NON-CHINESE SPEAKING

A TOTAL OF 284 THE PUPILS WITH INCOMPLETE ASSESSMENTS. PER CENT) BELONG TO THIS GROUP.

PUPILS

PUPILS

AND (0.33

/THE SPOKESMAN