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Home-school co-operation is of pivotal importance to the implementation of Medium of Instruction (MOI) fine-tuning in secondary schools, the Chairperson of the Committee on Home-School Co-operation, Prof Wong Po-choi, and the Director of the Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prof Albert Lee, said at a parents' forum on MOI fine-tuning today (July 8).
They said that parents should support and facilitate schools to make professional judgements in devising diversified MOI arrangements for students with regard to students' learning abilities, interests and needs as well as the school circumstances.
When making school choices, parents should consider holistically whether the school's vision and mission, characteristics as well as teaching strategies would suit their children's abilities and inclinations, they added.
The Education Bureau (EDB) co-organised a series of parents' forums on "Diversified arrangements at schools, deliberated choices by parents" with the Committee on Home-School Co-operation, aiming at enhancing parents' understanding of MOI fine-tuning. The speakers shared their experiences on parents' roles from different perspectives and on ways to nurture children's interest in learning languages and reading.
This evening's forum, held at Queen's College, was the second of the series. Prof Wong talked about the diversified MOI arrangements to be implemented by schools under MOI fine-tuning and the factors parents should consider when choosing a school for their children. Prof Lee shared his experiences on how to enable children to grow and learn healthily. More parents' forums will be held in different regions in the coming months.
In late May, the EDB announced that secondary schools would implement the fine-tuned MOI arrangements for their Secondary One students starting from September 2010. The arrangements allowed schools more room for development so that they could make professional judgements on devising diversified MOI arrangements for their students with regard to their learning abilities, interests and needs as well as the school's circumstances. Students would have more opportunities to be exposed to and use English to enhance their confidence and motivation to learn English.
Ends/Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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