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Question No. 2

Cur education

Reply by the Secretary for Education and Manpower to Question by the Hon, Mrs Rita FAN

in the Legislative Council on 10 February 1988

2. MRS. FAN asked:

Question No. 2: In view of the importance of civic education, will Government inform this Council of the resources devoted to this end both inside and outside the school

the school system and whether there are any plans to increase the provision of funds in the coming year for this purpose?

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER:

Answeri

Sir,

Education is promoted through

Civic Education

a very wide

involvement

It is

range of educational, broadcasting and community programmes, often as an element of a programme which also has other educational, entertainment or publicity aims.

therefore difficult to identify specifically every

expenditure relating to Civic Education.

item of

Inside the

expenditure

Education

of

about

school system, we

$3.3

can

identify a

total

million,

covering staff

in

the

Department

Advisory Inspectorate, grants

for

costs of the Civic

Youth Club activities, running

Community Youth

Education Resource Centre, development of teaching materials,

and in-service training courses for teachers.

In

separately

are

substantial

to

the

there addition,

identifiable, relating

costs not

training

and

in order to assist them inspection of teachers of all subjects in order

in incorporating...