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1. Recently, Director of Education Matthew Cheung Kin-chung has announced the scrapping of Educational Television (ETV) programmes in two years.
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2. Instead, they will gradually replace ETV programmes with VCDs to be produced by RTHK and distributed to schools.
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3. The programmes aim to provide Primary One to Form Three students with an interesting way of learning.
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4. The programmes are usually broadcast from September to June.
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5. Topics include Chinese, English, mathematics and science.
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6. According to a recent report released by the Audit Commission, Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) spent an average of $58 million on ETV production last year.
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7. Despite the huge production cost of $290,000 per episode, ratings remained low.
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8. Less than 20% of local secondary school students watch ETV programmes regularly.
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9. When they were first launched in the 1970s, ETV programmes were considered an innovative method of complementing the formal school curriculum.
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10. They initiated a change of teaching method from the traditional chalk and blackboard.
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11. But to many people's surprise, students now think that ETV programmes are anything but appealing.
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12. Moreover, many educationalists have cast doubts on the quality of the programmes.
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13. The programmes are out-dated because they are only revised every four of five years.
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14. With a wide range of interactive learning kits and audio-visual aids, learning through uni-directional ETV programmes is no longer attractive.
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15. Some students also say that the actors in the programmes are not professional enough.
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16. Therefore, they could hardly arouse students' interest.
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17. According to the guidelines provided by the Education Department, students are recommended to watch ETV programmes on a weekly basis.
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18. However, it is difficult for students to watch every episode because of the tight teaching schedule.
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19. Teachers do not even have enough time during lessons to cover the textbooks, let alone the programmes.
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20. The public generally shows support to the scrapping.
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21. Mr. Cheung claimed that the goal of the Education Department is to move with the times.
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22. ETV has already fulfilled its historic mission at secondary schools.
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23. As a consequence, officials will identify preschoolers, parents and the elderly as new targets of educational programmes.
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24. These are groups that spend much of their time watching television.
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25. Quality programmes can thus broaden their horizons and enrich their lives.
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26. Television programmes can also be utilized to increase people's English and Mandarin proficiency.
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GLOSSARY - THE SCRAPPING OF ETVTHE SCRAPPING OF ETV

appealing l

audio-visual aids ťШ

audit commission fpp

complement U

director of education Ш|pp

episode 

interactive learning kits ʾǲߤu

Matthew Cheung Kin-chung iؤ

preschoolers ǫep

Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) qx

ratings 

uni-directional V
