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2.38
Registration of teachers
Section 42 of the Education
Ordinance states that no person shall teach in a school unless
he is a registered teacher or a permitted teacher, and that
"no permitted teacher shall teach in a school otherwise than in
accordance with the conditions or limitations specified in the
permit to teach issued in respect of such teachers."
2.39
A person wishing to become a registered teacher applies
to the Director of Education on the prescribed form. The qualifications
prescribed for registration as a teacher are set out in Part 1 of
the Second Schedule of the Education Regulations: these qualifications
are of three main types - university degrees as specified (normally
followed by three years' teaching experience), or teaching
qualifications as specified (in the main awarded to non-graduates
after successful completion of a recognised course of teacher-
training), or Hong Kong Certificate of Education (or equivalent)
results as specified, followed by ten years' approved teaching
experience (i.e. as a permitted teacher). If the application is
approved, a Certificate of Registration as a Teacher is issued to
the applicant. A person so registered is free to apply for teaching
posts in any school registered under the Ordinance and can move from
one registered school to another without further application having
to be made.
2.40
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Because for many years there have been insufficient
registered teachers to staff the schools registered under the
Ordinance, "permitted teachers" may be employed but the Ordinance
requires that an application to employ a person as a permitted
teacher may only be made if the applicant (normally, the school
supervisor) is of the opinion that no suitable registered teacher