COMMITTEE ON CHINESE TEXTBOOKS AND SYLLABI (Members)

Mr Lim Cher Kheng asked the Minister for Education whether the Committee on Chinese Textbooks and Syllabi has been formed, and who are the members of the committee.

Mr Chew Swee Kee: Mr Speaker, first, the Pan-Malayan General Textbooks Committee set up in 1952 is still functioning.

Second, a new Singapore Textbooks and Syllabuses Committee has been functioning since January this year. Its first concern is to draw up syllabuses which shall, as far as possible, have a common content for all types of school. Its second concern will be to prepare textbooks in the various local languages to cover these syllabuses. Thirdly, there are committees to deal with all the common school subjects and there is a General Co-ordinating Committee. The membership of the General Co-ordinating Committee is as follows:

Mr R. E. Ince, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Education.

Inche Abdul Karim Bin Mohamed Shariff, Assistant Inspector of Malay Schools.

Mr Chung Shing Hai, Principal, Chong Boon Chinese School.

Mr Chuang Shih Yeh, Principal, Wan Tze School.

Mrs H. G. Duraisingham, Principal, Batu Malaya School.

Miss C. A. Hinchliffe, Principal, Raffles Girls School.

Miss J. M. Holland, Adviser, Girls Education.

Dr Ho Seng Ong, Educational Secretary, Methodist Headquarters.

Mr Kao Hung Keng, Chinese Schools Conference.

Mr I. C. Lam, Principal, Yeong Cheng School.

Mr Lu Yaw, Assistant Inspector of Chinese Schools.

Mr Lee Teck Hock, Principal, Pearl's Hill School.

Professor F. Mason, University of Malaya.

Miss M. M. Sirkett, Principal, Koh Chuan Girls School.

Miss R. Wong, Teachers Training College.