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EDUN N25-02-004 V61

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19 Sep 2001

COMPASS SEMINAR
HOME-SCHOOL-COMMUNITY TIES: CONNECTING FACES

1.      To promote greater partnerships between the home, industry, community and the school, COMPASS(COMmunity and PArents in Support of Schools) is organising an inaugural seminar entitled Home-School-Community Ties: Connecting FACES (Family, Alumni, Community, Enterprise, Schools) on 22 September 2001 at 9am at Orchard Hotel Ballrooms I, II & III on Level 3.

2.      The seminar provides a platform for different stakeholders in education to share their perspectives on the imperatives of home, school and community partnerships in the total education of our pupils.

3.      Minister for Education, RAdm (NS) Teo Chee Hean, will deliver the opening address, on the current status of partnerships in schools. The keynote speaker for the seminar is Mr Bill Strickland, President and CEO of Bidwell Training Centre and the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild in Pittsburgh. Mr Strickland is renowned in the USA for his pioneering efforts in reaching out to youths in the community by developing collaborative partnerships between schools and external organisations. The seminar will also include a plenary session by a panel of speakers representing the key stakeholders in education. They include:

a) Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon
Mayor of Bukit Timah CDC
Representing the Community

b) Dr Joseph Paul Ozawa
Director, Psychological Services, Criminal, Family and Juvenile
Justice Centres of the Subordinate Courts
Representing Parents

c) Mr Kua Soon Khe Executive
Secretary, Hokkien Huay Kuan
Representing Alumni

d) Ms Janet Ang
Managing Director, IBM (Singapore)
Representing Business Organisations

e) Mr Jimmy Tan
Principal, Holy Innocents' Primary School
Representing Schools

4      The seminar participants include school leaders, senior officials from the Ministry of Education, business and industry leaders, representatives from school parent support groups and self-help groups, social service agencies, tertiary institutions, and representatives of other stakeholders. The expected number of participants is about 1,400.