Tuesday, January 30, 1973
EXPANSION OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG
Specialist Course For Teachers To Be Started
The Government is taking yet another step to expand physical
education opportunities for students in Hong Kong.
A specialist course in physical education will be introduced
from September this year at the Grantham College of Education.
Miss E.Š. Mair, of the Education Department's Physical Education
Section, said today that the course was the first of its kind in Hong Kong.
It was specially designed to train outstanding young teachers
in schools and teacher trainees from the three Colleges of Education
to become qualified teachers of physical education for Hong Kong'e
secondary schools.
"The Government is trying to improve physical education in Hong
Kong through a third-year physical education training programme for teachers.'
Miss Mair said that initially about 15 men and 15 women who showed
promise as teachers of physical education would be selected for the course,
after completing two years at the Colleges of Education.
"This course will help train physical education teachers who will
be qualified to teach up to the sixth forms and will be responsible for the
organisation of physical education within the school, she continued.
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To provide facilities for the training programme, a multi-purpose
games hall is being built at the Grantham College of Education.
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