DSEJ Lays Stress on the Preparatory Work of the New Academic Year

Source : Education and Youth Affairs Bureau September marks the beginning of a new academic year.迷你倉 The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) lays stress on the preparatory work of the new academic year. It has communicated with relevant governmental departments and urges school leaders and parents to keep an eye on the traffic arrangements, so that everything can go smoothly on the first day of the new academic year. At the same time, as Teachers' Day is approaching, the DSEJ expresses its best wishes to all teaching staff.To ensure a smooth start to the new academic year, the DSEJ has been working closely with relevant governmental departments and education associations. It has also asked school leaders to handle students' late arrivals due to traffic congestion in a proper and flexible manner. As the traffic is expected to be busier at the beginning of the new academic year, the DSEJ urges parents and students to leave home earlier and get familiar with the road conditions in advance, as well as to pay close attention to the announcements by the authorities related to road use situations and public transport arrangements. It is advised that parents and students decide the route to school in advance. If students are going to go to school by school bus, they are advised to ask the school or school bus driver for the bus route of the first day of school.Given that September is still the rainy and typhoon season, the DSEJ urges parents to follow closely the news by the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau. If classes need to be suspended on the first day of school due to rainstorm or tropical cyclone, parents should ask their children to stay at home. In addition, the DSEJ and the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau will pay close attention to the weather conditions at the beginning of the new school year. It will also release related news on radio, television, the DSEJ website (.dsej.gov.mo) and the DSEJ website for smartphones (m.dsej.gov.mo).On the other hand, the DSEJ urges students, parents and schools to take all necessary preventive measures against influenza and to pay attention to personal hygiene. If students have fallen sick, they should not go to school, but should go to see the doctor at once and rest 儲存倉t home. The DSEJ has given instructions on preventive measures against infectious disease to schools through the School Operation Guidelines, so that schools can know how to prevent disease by taking necessary measures, such as cleaning the campus thoroughly, etc. The DSEJ also encourages schools to take part in the School Infectious Diseases Sentinel Surveillance Programme implemented by the Health Bureau, so that they can identity and control any collective infections as early as possible. If there are any cases found, schools should immediately contact the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention of the Health Bureau at 28700800.To enable residents to receive the most updated news of the DSEJ on their mobile phones, the DSEJ will launch a mobile application in the new academic year so that students, parents and schools can know about the news and other important information through the application, such as information about school admissions, tertiary grants and class arrangements due to rainstorm or tropical cyclone, etc.In the academic year 2013/2014, there will be 77 schools in total in Macao, one less than the number of the previous year. The total number of students continues to decrease, with it expected to be around 71,797, down by 2.7% year-on-year. Among the total number of students, there are 69,895 formal education students and 1,902 recurrent education students. Contrary to the declining number of students, there is an increase in the total number of teachers. The number is expected to be around 6,529, up by 4% compared to that of the previous year. The teacher-student ratio and class-teacher ratio of formal education are 1:11.2 and 1:2.5 respectively. Compared to the ratios of the previous year, the teacher-student ratio has dropped by 6.4% and the class-teacher ratio has risen by 2%. With the implementation of small class teaching in recent years, the average number of students per class of formal education has dropped to 28.6, down by 3.3% year-on-year.Adhering to the principle of "letting Macao thrive through education", the DSEJ will continue to work closely with schools and parents in the new academic year and create a better environment in which students can grow and develop healthily.-- The End --迷你倉沙田