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is available for employment as a teacher in the school: the
supervisor is accordingly required to affirm that this is so when
making application. This requirement is open to abuse, as is
discussed in chapter 6. The prescribed qualifications for the
issuance of a permit to teach are set out in Parts II and III of
the Second Schedule: these are based on Hong Kong Certificate of
Education qualifications (or the equivalent), the minimum acceptable
qualifications being Grade E in five subjects, including English
language or Chinese language: a knowledge of English of a standard
equivalent to Grade E in HKCE English language is also required for
a permit to teach English. If the application is approved, the
supervisor is issued with a Permit to Teach and a copy of the permit
is given to the teacher. The permit specifies the school in which
the permitted teacher may be employed, and additionally the Director
of Education may impose any other condition in respect of the
employment of the teacher as he thinks fit for example, he may
limit the subjects and level permitted to be taught. Further, if
a permitted teacher seeks employment in a school other than that
named in the Permit to Teach, then application for a fresh permit
must be made.
2.41
The Director is empowered by the Ordinance under specified
conditions to refuse to register a teacher or to issue a permit to
teach: in such a case the applicant may appeal against the Director's
decision to the Appeals Board, established by section 59 of the
Ordinance; there must be at least three registered teachers on this
Board.
2.42
The requirement for every person who wishes to teach in
schools registered under the Ordinance to be either a registered or