Hong Kong (Primary Education)

HC Deb 21 January 1982 vol 16 cc165-6W

31. Sir Anthony Royle

asked the Lord Privy Seal what action the Hong Kong Government are taking to improve primary education following the White Paper on primary education and pre-primary services published in July.

Mr. Humphrey Atkins

Plans are in hand to introduce, from September 1982, an improved teacher to class ratio, more classroom equipment, new retraining courses for serving teachers and school heads, class libraries in aided and government schools, and increased grants and subsidies to implement curricular reform.