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Lockers provided for primary students
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The Deputy Director of Education, Miss Elaine Chung, today (Wednesday) visited an aided primary school in Mong Kok to see for herself how the provision of lockers can help alleviate the problem caused by overweight school bags.
The school is one of the first batch of Government and aided primary schools provided with a total of 50,022 lockers in January and February this
year.
It is expected that the second batch of another 180,000 lockers will be installed later this year and in 1996.
While touring the school, Miss Chung exchanged views with the school headmaster and teachers on school bag problem and management of lockers.
Miss Chung was impressed by the innovative ideas of the school administration in the installation of lockers. They were installed in classrooms instead of in the corridors. And each locker was shared by a pair of students.
"Such arrangement has the effect of space saving," she said.
She also praised the school administration for adding new device to the lockers to resolve the problem of losing locker keys.
The Education Department has issued guidelines listing the measures and safety precautions to be observed by schools to ensure the proper use of lockers.
Besides installing lockers, the department has also held discussions with publishers on measures to reduce the weight of textbooks.
Miss Chung was happy to see that the provision of lockers for students could be materialised in such a short time.
She appealed to parents and students to pack their school bags every day according to the timetable and to use light and secure satchels.
End/Wednesday, March 8, 1995
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