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(5)

The length of the primary school course should remain

at 6 years.

(6) The age of entry to primary should remain compulsory

at 6 on 1 September but voluntary down to 5 years 8

months.

Parents should be encouraged to enter their

children at the lower age.

(7) A curriculum development team should be set up to plan

a curriculum designed to cover the following five areas

in the pre-primary course:

(a) social and emotional development;

(b) concept formation;

(c) linguistic development;

(a) creativity;

(e) motor activities.

(8) Kindergartens should supply furniture and equipment in

accordance with standards approved by the Director of

Education.

(9) The rigid compartmentalisation of practical subjects in

primary schools should be discouraged and sex discrimination

should be removed.

(10) The content and scope of the training of music teachers

should be widened.

(11) It is intended to encourage the 'learning by doing' approach

previously called the Activity Approach and to increase

the financial assistance provided.

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(12) The class size for 'learning by doing' should be 35.

(13) Specialist teachers should be used for English and Chinese.

(14) The 'learning by doing' approach should be implemented

mainly in classes P.1 - P.3.

(15) Teachers adopting the 'learning by doing' approach should