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Thursday, May 10, 1973
Mise Kotewall is a prominent Hong Kong educationalist, who is
well-known for her highly independent views on educational matters.
She was appointed Principal of the St. Paul's Co-educational
College in 1952 and the high reputation which her school has gained is
due largely to her leadership.
She is supervisor of a number of schools and is a member of the
School Nedical Service Board; the Senate and Convocation of the Hong Kong
University; the Grant Schools Council on Secondary Entrance Examination
Committee; the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination Board and
Executive Committco and the Hong Kong University Advance Level Board.
Miss Kotewall was born in Hong Kong, educated at the Hong Kong
University and later received a Diploma in Education from Oxford University.
She has taught in a number of schools in Hong Kong and the United Kingdon.
She was awarded the M.B.E. in 1963.
The terms of reference of the commission are:
To examine the underlying causes of the dispute which has arisen between the Certificated Masters in government and aided schools and the government, including existing channels of communication and promotion propects: and
To advise on what measures, apart from the newly announced salary scales, should be taken to obviate a recurrence of such a dispute affecting teachers, employed in government and aided schools.
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