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PTA study parent education in China

More than 300 representatives from Parent-Teacher Associations (PTA) will have a chance to learn about parent education in China at a symposium tomorrow (Saturday).

The second PTA symposium - Parent education in China is an annual event

- organised by the Committee on Home-School Co-operation to provide PTA representatives with opportunities to share experiences on various home-school subjects.

The Deputy Secretary for Education and Manpower, Mr Joshua Law, and the Chairman of the Committee on Home-School Co-operation, Mr Tik Chi-yuen, will officiate at the symposium.

Two keynote speakers from China are the Deputy Division Chief of the National Education Commission of China, Ms Liu Jiangping, and a member of the Committee on Family Education in Guangdong province, Ms Liang Xuezheng.

Professor Wong Chung-kwong from the Department of Psychiatry, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, will share experience of parent education in Hong Kong.

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Consultation forums on language benchmarks to be held

The Task Force on Benchmarking established under the Advisory Committee on Teacher Education and Qualifications (ACTEQ) will hold two public forums next week to solicit views from the teaching profession, school sponsors and the public on language benchmarks for teachers.

The sessions will be presided by the Chairman of the Task Force, Professor Felice Lich Mak.

The consultants commissioned by the Task Force to study benchmarks for English language teachers in lower secondary forms: teachers of Putonghua and teachers using Chinese as the medium of instruction in primary schools, will also brief the audience and answer questions.