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EDUCATION

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courses and four exhibitions for both primary and secondary school teachers. A metrication box and posters were distributed to primary and secondary schools to promote the use of metric units and to familiarise teachers with metric terms.

Visual Education Centre

The Advisory Inspectorate's Visual Education Centre continued to lend to schools a wide range of audio-visual materials. These include 8 mm and 16 mm films, 35 mm filmstrips, slides, recorded tapes, photographs, overhead projector transparencies, study kits and learning packages. A total of 52,000 items were borrowed during the year.

In co-operation with the subject advisers of the Advisory Inspectorate, the centre produces a variety of audio-visual materials for school use. Some of these materials slide and photograph sets - are now being sold to schools through the Sale of Govern- ment Publications Section of the Information Services Department.

Eight audio-visual instruction courses were conducted for in-service teachers. A series of seminars for school audio-visual co-ordinators took place at the beginning of the new academic year. The self-service Media Production Service Unit in Kowloon moved into the first floor of the Canton Road Police Primary School Building. The new premises provide more space and better facilities.

An Audio-Visual News Bulletin continued to be circulated quarterly to 2,000 schools and educational institutions.

Cultural Crafts Centre

The Education Department's Cultural Crafts Centre provides opportunities for teachers from both primary and secondary schools to update their knowledge and to exchange ideas on the teaching of art, crafts and home economics. During the year, courses, seminars and demonstrations were organised for about 1,500 teachers.

The annual exhibition of pupils' creative work continued to be a popular event and was attended by more than 2,000 visitors. An exhibition of art and design work selected from 31 pilot scheme secondary schools attracted more than 5,000 visitors. As in previous years, art work produced by local school-children was well received at many overseas exhibitions.

Educational Television

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The Educational Television Service (ETV) programmes are produced locally, in colour, by the Education Department and Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). The programmes, transmitted by the three commercial television stations between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday to Friday, are based on syllabuses used in primary and secondary schools and are designed to complement classroom teaching. Notes for teachers suggest preparation and follow-up activities and, in the case of primary school programmes, notes for pupils also are provided. Evaluations supplied by teachers and questionnaires, visits to schools by ETV producers and ETV inspectors, and reports from inspectors of the Advisory Inspectorate have resulted in many improvements to ETV since its inception in 1971.

In September, ETV was extended to Form II pupils following the installation in secondary schools of a further 300 video cassette recorders and 600 colour television