The Education Minister also spoke to CNA938 about how parents should choose a school based on their child’s strengths and choice, instead of whether it is a “good school”.
“In the past, if we were unable to cater to the specific needs of the students, it actually made teaching much more difficult,” he noted.
Those selected are invited to join from Primary 4, with only nine primary schools offering the GEP. The programme takes in about 1 per cent of the cohort, or 400 to 500 students each year. “So that part is the easy part, but actually, there's another interesting aspect of this arrangement,” he added.He said that by being “much more targeted” in how students are grouped together in classes, teachers can be “much more focused in the way they conduct the classes”.
The Ministry of Education previously said the new model will provide more customisation for students who may be talented in one or two specific areas, rather than offer a “uniform” GEP curriculum in all areas. Such regional centres can also be moved depending on the distribution of students across the island, Mr Chan noted.On the topic of parents’ mindsets, Mr Chan addressed a question on how MOE plans to engage parents to adopt the notion that all schools are good schools.
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