Supplementary question to Question No In Legislative Council on 25 May 1988
if
MR. SZETO (in Cantonese) : Sir, school heads and
senior teachers
take
this
particular course, they will
be able to get their fees partly refunded. In addition,
those school heads with more than 24 classes will have three
after graduation.
added
more points to their maximum salary However, school teachers
who take the same course will neither have their fees refunded
nor have their career structure or pay
improved.
Does
this mean that when you have teachers taking such courses,
it is not really considered beneficial to primary school teaching?
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER : Sir, the course
is primarily designed to help school heads in their job.
It is directed at them primarily.
PROF. POON.
Sir, since there is a clear incentive to
encourage school heads to register for the new degree course,
would the Secretary inform this Council the current enrolment
rate or demand on the course?
Will there be enough
places to meet the demand ?
of
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER : Sir,
Sir, there have
been more than 300 applications for the course, 55
of those have been from primary school heads. The number
therefore of places is 30 a year. The number of applicants is greater
than the number of places and that is fairly normal for any
course. The size of the course cannot be extended during
the coming triennium from 1988 to 1991, because tertiary