APPENDIX 1—Contd.
ment or other cause. But it is a conservative estimate and does not take into account the higher ratio of staff to pupils required in Form VI; nor does it allow for the staffing needs of private schools save to the extent to which these provide 'bought' places.
9. The Colleges of Education undertake all training of non-graduate teachers, and hence must be responsible for meeting the annual needs shown in the Table in paragraph 7 above. The present planned output of the three Colleges of Education by 1975 is 1,660 (720 full-time and 940 part-time). However, this output can be increased to 2,040 (900 full-time and 1,140 part-time) by:
(a) bringing into temporary use the accommodation in Hung Hom which has just been vacated by the Sir Robert Black College of Education on its move to recently completed premises at Pipers Hill, and
(b) a small increase in the output of the three permanent Colleges of Education.
10. The total output of 2,040 from 1976 onwards will probably be adequate to meet the projected non-graduate requirements of primary and secondary schools up to September 1979, (see paragraph 7 above) taking into account the requirements of primary schools, estimated at about 500-600 non-graudate teachers a year.
11. After September 1979, the demand for teacher training facilities will depend on the output of graduates from the Universities and the influence of the trends in birthrate on the 12-16 age group in the nineteen eighties, and on teacher wastage. A permanent fourth College of Education will be provided, if this demand exceeds significantly the output of the three present Colleges of Education, since the Hung Hom accommodation is unsuitable as permanent accommodation for either primary or secondary teacher training. It is therefore proposed to review separately the probable requirement for teachers at both primary and secondary levels and the appropriate size of the fourth College of Education in the light of these factors.
12. If the review indicates a need for a new permanent fourth College of Education, it is intended that it should also accommodate the permanent Technical Teachers College which was opened in September 1974 in temporary accommodation at Morrison Hill.
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