case
history.
records
This
subject to the availablity of funds, to consider meeting the additional costs arising from proposed improvements. They are now compiling "activities involvement" for inclusion in each refugee's
information will be made available to resettlement countries and hopefully, will both help with resettlemtn and encourage refugees to take advantage of the
educational facilities which are available to them.
Education for children
3.
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The Hong Kong Government accord first priority to improving education for children in the camps. They aim
to standardise education for the 6
15 age group
throughout the camps, in order to enable all children to attend school daily for 4 hours (this compares with the 4 hours education provided for local children in Hong
Kong). Το maximise the use of classroom space, a bi-sessional system will be introduced whereby half the children will attend classes in the mornings, and half in
the afternoons. This is a common form of schooling in Hong Kong because of the general lack of space in
in the
territory. Courses will be based on a core curriculum devised and recommended by UNHCR. The main subjects
will be English,
and mathematics,
Vietnamese
supplemented by optional subjects such as social
studies, health education,
arts and crafts,
education and music.
4.
the
physical
This system already operates successfully, under
direction of the Save the Children Fund, at the
newly opened Bowring Closed Centre, and will soon be extended to all the closed camps with the assistance of other voluntary agencies. The present position at
individual camps is as follows:
a)
At the Chi Ma Wan closed centre, the Salvation Army at present provides education for children, employing refugee teachers supervised by
a
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