Education
in focus to train and attract talents
(2005-10-13, China Daily Hong Kong Edition)
Tsang emphasized that "bilingual and trilingual proficiency"
must be enhanced so as to provide quality labour for the mainland and
the world. Chinese and English levels of students from Primary One to
Secondary Five will be routinely evaluated and resources will be geared
towards reinforcing language education.
Pressured
teachers need more support
(2005-09-10, China Daily)
Four out of every 10 teachers in the country are troubled by psychological
problems, according to a survey released on Wednesday ahead of today's
21st annual Teachers' Day.
Online
students miss discipline of the classroom
(2005-08-20, Shanghai Youth Daily)
Shanghai residents are learning English on the Internet. They practise
their oral English by talking online with native speaker teachers via
MSN, saving both time and money on off-line training of the same quality.But
they say they have problems sticking to online courses because it's too
easy to avoid doing the homework as there is no teacher ready to rap them
over the knuckles.
ACT
tests increase overseas options
(2005-08-09, China Daily)
Shanghai students will no longer need to go overseas to take the American
College Test (ACT) to qualify for universities in the United States.
Language
skills are Achilles' heel of students
(2005-07-23, China Daily Hong Kong Edition)
Deficiency in language skills is the most common weakness of university
graduates, according to a survey released yesterday. The survey, conducted
by the Public Opinion Programme of the University of Hong Kong, was commissioned
by an educational website. Among the 1,500 interviewees, 13.4 per cent
criticized university graduates' proficiency in English and in Chinese,
especially Putonghua.
English
training centres grow in competition
(2005-07-20, China Daily)
A note posted on an Internet bulletin board last month has been the focal
point of debate among English teachers in Shanghai. The note, which was
written by the Shanghai Canilx Education Consulting Co, said the company
is going through "a difficult time" and "management is
working actively for the solutions." Last month, two of the institute's
branches in Pudong and downtown Shanghai closed suddenly. Students and
teachers were sent to the main centre about 15 minutes' walk away.
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