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Whenever there is a need for courses on specific subjects of current interest to local industry or to a sufficient number of individuals, the college operates short courses to meet the demand, so far as its resources permit. During the year, a number of short courses of this nature in all departments were given.
THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
The Morrison Hill Technical Institute, which is run by the Education Department, was established in September 1969, and spent the first academic year organising courses, on a limited scale, in borrowed premises at the Technical College, Hung Hom, Kowloon. It moved to its new accommodation at Morrison Hill in the summer of 1970 and classes commenced in the new building in September 1970. The main function of the Technical Institute is to provide facilities for the training of craftsmen and lower-level technicians in the field of construction, mechanical and electrical engineering trades. In addition there are courses in business studies. The Institute also fulfills an important role in providing technical teacher/workshop instructor training which gives qualified-status. Courses are run on a full-time, block-release, part-time day-release and evening basis. Short courses, in specialised subjects, are also organised.
The Technical Institute, by specialising in lower-level courses enables the facilities of the Technical College to be employed mainly for the training of technologists and higher-level technicians.
When fully developed, the Morrison Hill Technical Institute will provide places for approximately 1,300 full-time or block-release students, or the equivalent number of part-time day-release students. Part-time evening students already number in excess of 7,000 and apart from the Technical Institute premises, there are 15 evening centres, on both sides of the harbour, administered by the Technical Institute.
ADVISORY INSPECTORATE
The Assistant Director (Chief Inspector of Schools) is responsible for the inspection of all schools, curriculum development, and the maintenance or improvement of teaching standards. He is assisted in this by the Assistant to the Chief Inspector, whose duty is to