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Floating class sostegun

Now, I would like to comment on educatic

on education.

In the 1988789 financial year, the total expenditure on education will be $9.5 billion, which is 18% of the total.

per cent

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of

Con-

cerning the percentage, this is a pretty

good figure. However, our education system(many aspects require improve-

ment, and I would only like to talk about

the floating class system today.

the floating or

I have

pointed out several times in this Coun- cil that the floating class system will lower the quality of education. It will waste a lot of teaching time and

will will make students/lose a sense of bel- onging to their schools. All these will lead to a downturn in academic perform-

I am glad to know that

ance of skidents. [

recently, the authorities have decided on a new design for the standard second-

ary school. Under this new design, each school will have 26 classrooms,

And three special rooms,

or

rooms for remed-

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ial teaching and group teaching. Such new design will reduce the short com-.

ings of the floating class system. I sincerely hope that the Government will speed up building these newly des- igned school buildings, with a view to abolishing the floating class system

and Zhabin and to enable our students to study in

an ideal situation. At the same time,

I would like to call upon the education authorities, not to attach too much attention to improvement of the quan-

~ I pay tity.

They should pay more attention to improving the quality of education.