FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1994
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SEMINAR ON TARGET ORIENTED CURRICULUM
SCHOOL SPONSORING BODIES WERE TODAY (FRIDAY) URGED TO TAKE PART IN IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG BY JOINING THE FIRST BATCH OF SCHOOLS TO ADOPT TARGET ORIENTED CURRICULUM (TOC) IN PRIMARY 1 IN SEPTEMBER 1995.
THE CALL WAS MADE TO MORE THAN 20 REPRESENTATIVES OF SCHOOL SPONSORING BODIES AT A SEMINAR, AT WHICH THEY WERE BRIEFED ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF TOC IN TERMS OF PILOTING, IMPLEMENTATION, ASSESSMENT AND TEACHER EDUCATION BY THE SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR T F KWAN, AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, DR Y M LEUNG.
SHOULD BE "TRY-
DR LEUNG SAID TOC, A "QUALITY CURRICULUM" IMPLEMENTED, IN ALL SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG RATHER THAN A NUMBER OF OUT" SCHOOLS. THE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED ΤΟ IMPLEMENT TOC PROGRESSIVELY IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS STARTING IN THE 1995/96 SCHOOL YEAR.
FOR
SPONSORING BODIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO NOMINATE SCHOOLS TO JOIN THE FIRST PHASE IN SEPTEMBER 1995 THAT WILL BECOME "SEED SCHOOLS" THE NEXT PHASE OF IMPLEMENTATION.
HOWEVER, THEY WILL NOT BE EXPECTED TO SHOULDER ANY EXTRA RESPONSIBILITY THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FULFILLED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
DR LEUNG NOTED THAT AS REQUESTED, THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE SENDING REPRESENTATIVES TO EXPLAIN TO TWO SCHOOL SPONSORING BODIES VARIOUS TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF IMPLEMENTATION.
THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN SIMILAR REQUESTS FROM OTHER SCHOOL SPONSORING BODIES.
IN ADDITION, TEACHER TRAINING CAN BE ARRANGED FOR THE SPONSORED SCHOOLS WHENEVER THE NEED ARISES.
SPONSORED SCHOOLS ΤΟ APPLY FOR
DR LEUNG CALLED ON THE IMPLEMENTATION BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH,
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