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The guidelines strongly recommend that, particularly at the primary and junior secondary levels, teachers should be given clear instructions on the frequency, amount to be set and the subjects to be covered for each class each day, and that due recognition should be given at all times to the age and abilities of pupils.
Assessments and tests can also cause anxiety and undue pressure, especially if they are administered too frequently or the learning material to be tested is too wide or too difficult, the guidelines said.
The number of tests administered each week should be strictly controlled.
The spokesman urged parents to step up communication with schools in respect of the appropriateness of the amount of homework through such channels as parent- teacher associations and School Management Initiatives.
The spokesman added that any complaints received from the public concerning homework and tests will be investigated by the department.
End/Sunday, October 8, 1995
Training courses for health workers
The Social Welfare Department, in conjunction with four professional health care training institutes, is organising a total of seven training courses early next year to meet the demand for health care staff in residential care homes for the elderly.
The training courses are organised with a view to improving the quality of service of personnel in residential care homes for the elderly, a spokesman for the department said today (Sunday).
The four institutes are the College of Nursing, Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Red Cross, the Hong Kong St John Ambulance Association and the Management Society for Healthcare Professionals. The first course will commence on January 2 next year.
"Under the Residential Care Homes (Elderly Persons) Regulation, all health workers are required, among other things, to complete training approved by the Director of Social Welfare before being qualified for registration.
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