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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1994

PROBLEMS IN COMPULSORY EDUCATION ADDRESSED

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AN IN-DEPTH STUDY BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION HAS IDENTIFIED NUMBER OF PROBLEM AREAS IN THE PROVISION OF NINE-YEAR COMPULSORY EDUCATION, THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, LAM, TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THESE

MR W K

LAM SAID

CURRICULUM

FOR IMPROVE

REPLYING TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON CONRAD LAM, MR PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE USE OF COMMON-CORE STUDENTS OF DIFFERING ABILITIES AND DISPOSITION, THE NEED TO ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE AND THE DELIVERY OF THE CURRICULUM THROUGH A MIX OF LANGUAGES.

CONSIDERED UNSUITABLE

HE SAID THE COMMON-CORE CURRICULUM WAS FOR STUDENTS AT EITHER END OF THE ABILITY SPECTRUM.

THE

CURRICULUM

"TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM, A MORE FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED AND

IS THIS

BEING ACHIEVED THROUGH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ESTABLISHED IN 1992,

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HE SAID.

INCLUDING THE SCHOOLS, AND LOW

ALSO A RANGE OF REMEDIAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES, ESTABLISHMENT OF PRACTICAL SCHOOLS AND SKILLS OPPORTUNITIES BEEN OR IS BEING DEVELOPED TO HELP UNMOTIVATED STUDENTS ACHIEVERS.

HAS

AT THE SAME TIME A DEDICATED CENTRE FOR THE GIFTED CHILDREN BEING PLANNED.

IS

MR

ON THE NEED TO IMPROVE ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE, LAM SAID THE EDUCATION COMMISSION HAD RECOMMENDED THE USE OF OBJECTIVE CRITERIA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUITABLE CURRICULUM MATERIALS.

"THAT IS BEING TACKLED BY THE PLANNED INTRODUCTION OF ORIENTED CURRICULUM IN 1995, HE SAID.

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WITH REGARD TO THE PROBLEM OF USING MIXED LANGUAGES IN TEACHING SAID AND TO FACILITATE THE USE OF MOTHER TONGUE IN EDUCATION, MR LAM VARIOUS MEASURES HAD ALREADY BEEN OR WERE BEING IMPLEMENTED TO IT.

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'THEY AND

THE INCLUDE

PROVISION

то THEIR CHOOSE SECONDARY

LANGUAGE TEACHERS PROVISION OF EXTRA

OF

ON INFORMATION TO PARENTS PROFICIENCY TO ENABLE THEM TO SCHOOLS BEST SUITED TO THEIR CHILDREN.

SCHOOLS

THE CHILDREN'S LANGUAGE

"IN

TO ADDITION, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS ADVISED SCHOOLS

LANGUAGE ABILITY OF ADOPT A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION SUITABLE TO THE

|| HE THEIR STUDENT INTAKE. MOTHER-TONGUE TEACHING IS ALSO ENCOURAGED, SAID.

MR LAM POINTED OUT THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE AND

OF THE MEASURES WOULD IN TIME FURTHER ENHANCE THE QUALITY EDUCATION.

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