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Wednesday, November 28, 1973
TEMPORARY COLLEGE FOR TRAINING TECHNICAL TEACHERS
Large Numbers To Be Trained
A temporary College of Education for training technical teachers
will commence operations in September 1974 in the Morrison Hill Primary
School.
Announcing this in Legislative Council this afternoon, the
Director of Education, Mr. J. Canning said that approval was given recently
for the financial commitment involved in reprovisioning the school for
this purpose.
"This represents an important step forward and one which will, I
am sure, be welcomed by the public," Mr. Canning said.
He pointed out that much of the expansion in secondary education
outlined in the Green Paper would be in the secondary technical field.
"This will necessitate training a very large number of technical
teachers, certainly more than the present facilities at the Morrison Hill
Technical Institute can hope to produce."
The Director reported that enrolments at the other Colleges of
Education had continued to rise. In September 1973 enrolments for full-
time courses were 1,378 compared with 1,227 last year and for part-time
courses were 1,666 compared with 1,278.
"Full-time courses, 'Mr. Canning said, "are being revised to provide
a greater emphasis on preparation for teaching at secondary level and the
quality of training is also being reviewed."
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