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to prepare them for responsible adult living. In this connection it
should be particularly noted that there is at present an acute shortage
of social workers available for this work.
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All secondary schools are encouraged to provide careers
guidance for their pupils by nominating a member of staff as careers
master (or mistress) and ensuring that he has sufficient time and
resources at his disposal to carry out his tasks effectively. The
Association of Careers Masters and Mistresses exists to give cohesion
to this arrangement and a Careers Officer is employed by the Education
Department to co-ordinate and generally promote careers education, as
well as serving as secretary to the Association. In addition, the Youth
Employment Advisory Service of the Labour Department provides careers
information for students and young people by means of talks, seminars,
pamphlets and a monthly newsletter; it also operates two careers
information centres. The Labour Department holds a major careers
exhibition each year, together with several mobile mini-exhibitions.
The Education Department recognises that careers guidance will become
increasingly important as secondary education expands and children with
widely varying abilities and aptitudes are brought face to face with
the whole spectrum of employment and further education. The resources
available at present within the Education Department for careers guidance
are far from adequate for this task and the Department intends to accord
a higher priority to the development of the service over the next few
years.
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The Overseas Students and Scholarships Section of the Education
Department helps students who wish to study overseas by providing
information and advice on educational establishments in
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