THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1974
IMPORTANCE OF CAREERS EDUCATION UNDERLINED
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THE IMPORTANCE AND VALUE OF CAREERS EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE CITIZENS OF HONG KONG WAS STRESSED BY THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. JOHN CANNING, THIS MORNING WHEN HE ADDRESSED THE 6TH ANNUAL SEMINAR OF THE HONG KONG CAREERS MASTERS ASSOCIATION.
CAREERS EDUCATION MUST BE EXPLICIT IN ITS CONCERN FOR THE
PREPARATION FOR ADULT LIFE, SAID MR. CANNING.
+IT SHOULD AIM AT THE VERY IMPORTANT BUSINESS OF PREPARING PUPILS TO EARN A LIVING BUT IT SHOULD ALSO AIM AT PREPARING PUPILS
TO LIVE AS FULL A LIFE AS THEIR CAPABILITIES ALLOW.+
HEADS OF SCHOOLS, HE ADDED, SHOULD REALISE THAT TIME SPENT
ON CAREERS EDUCATION WAS NOT TIME WASTED.
+RATHER THEY SHOULD SEEK EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND TIME
ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT FIELD FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE GAPS THAT EXIST BETWEEN THE TERM EXAMINATIONS AND THE ACTUAL END OF TERM.
THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT THE POOR CAREERS MASTER HAS TO FLY ABOUT THE SCHOOL GIVING SHORT INJECTIONS OF CAREERS EDUCATION BETWEEN EXAMINATIONS AND REGULAR TINE-TABLING.
+IT MEANS, I THINK, THAT TEACHERS GENERALLY SHOULD BE CONSCIOUS OF THIS VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF SECONDARY EDUCATION. TEACHERS WHO ARE EXPERT IN THEIR SUBJECT ARE THE BEST PEOPLE TO EXPLAIN TO PUPILS THE CAREER POTENTIAL THAT EXISTS IN THEIR SUBJECT,+ MR. CANNING SAID.
THESE TEACHERS SHOULD FEEL THAT THE TEACHING OF THEIR SUBJECT +DOES NOT HAVE ITS NATURAL END CR DEATH FOR A PUPIL 'AFTER HE HAS TAKEN HIS LAST EXAMINATION IN THE SUBJECT, THE DIRECTOR SAID.
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/HE POINTED