Supplementary to LegCo Question No. 6
in Legislative Council on 29 May 1985
Mrs. Chow:-
Sir, what accounts for the high turnover and wastage rate of
graduate teachers in the aided and private secondary schools,
and what action does Government intend to take to remedy the
situation?
Director of Education:-
Sir, as for the aided schools, the percentages in fact were
decreasing over the last two years, and an overall percentage
of 15.8 per cent to 12.5 per cent, and so far we have no
particular problem in keeping and recruiting new teachers in
aided schools. As for private schools, again the same trend
is established, from 32.4 per cent in 81/82 to 28% in the
year after. Again this is the problem which is common in
public schools with their own independence. It is not
considered necessary to retain teachers or to have rules for
them in this particular category.
Mrs. Chow:-
Sir, while accepting that perhaps the Education Department
does not have the necessary statistics which I ask for, wouldn't
the Director of Education agree that figures of two years would
hardly indicate a trend, and that the percentages that we are
looking at would warrant some conern, and would the Director
and
his department be keeping a close watch on the situation,
as information from the ground seem to indicate that there is
a groundswell of dissatifaction from young graduate teachers?