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JAY,.........7 11, 1974,
NEW EDUCATION COMPLEX TO TRAIN 500 TIACHERS
THE NEW COMPLEX FOR THE SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLECE OF EDUCATION AT CALDECUTT ROAD, PIPER'S HILL, IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED UM SCHEDULE 2.3 RE.DY FOR THE NEW SCHULL TERI IN SEPTEMBER.
AT PRESENT IT IS HOUSED IN A PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDING IN HOK YUEN STREET, HUNG HOM.
́NRS, NANETTE FUNG, ACTING PRINCIPAL OF THE COLLEGE SAID · THE NEW COMPLEX WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MID LORE SUPHISTICATED TEACHING EQUIPMENT IN KEEPING WITH CHANCES IN CURRICULA.
+ALSO, MORE TEACHERS ARE TO BE TRAINED AT THE NEV PREMISES THAN WAS ORIGINALLY ENVISAGED, + SHE ADDED. +VE MUST NOW CATER FOR 500 FULL-TIME TRAINEE TEACHERS COMPARED WITH THE INTENDED 400 TRAINEES.+
THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PLAN TO EXPAND THE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMME TO PROJUCE 6,000 QUALIFIED TEACHERS BETWEEN 1972 AD 1976.
THE NEW COMPLEX WILL PROVIDE A 30-B00TH LANGUAGE LABORATORY, AN EXPERIMENTAL DRAMA STUDIO, A DARK ROOM IN CORRECTION WITH AUDIO-VISUAL EDUCATION, AND A BETTER-EQUIPPED SCIENCE LABORATORY WITH AN ATTACHED PREPARATION ROOM FOR SPECIMENS.
THE MOST REVOLUTIONARY CHANGE IN CURRICULUM, HOWEVER, OCCURS IN THE DOMESTIC SCIENCE SECTOR.
*WE WILL BE STARTING OUR FIRST MODEL FLAT DEMONSTRATION SCHEME IN THE NEW COMPLEX,+ IRS. FUNG SAID.
THE SCHEME INVOLVES PUTTING ASIDE A ROOM TO »52 FASHIONED INTO A STANDAD DUMESTIC FLAT, WITH A LIVING/DLING ROOM, A KITCHEN AND LAUNDRY AND WORK AREAS.
+THE KODEL FLAT IS A GREAT HELP IN TEACHING HOME ECONOMICS, DECORATION AND LAUNDRY, WORK, AND WILL GIVE THE TRAINEES ACTUAL ON-THE-SPOT TRAINING IN THE 'HONE'.+
MRS. FUNG SAID THERE WERE ALSO PLANS TO START COURSES IN DRESS DESIGN AND TEXTILES.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW COLLEGE COMPLEX STARTED IN APRIL 1972. IT WILL COMPRISE EIGHT BLOCKS OF BUILDINGS RANGING FROM TWO TO FIVE STOREYS, PROVIDING FIVE CLASS30015, 22 TUTORIAL ROOMS, FOUR LECTURE ROU.IS, 12 SPECIALIST ROOMS FOR ART, DOMESTIC SCIENCE AND HANDICRAFTS, A GYMNASIUM, AN AIR-CONDITIONED LIBRARY AND AN AUDITORIUM.
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THERE WILL ALSO BE A STUDENT'S HOSTEL FOR APPROXIMATELY 200 RESIDENT STUDENTS, AND QUARTERS FUR VARDENS AND MINOR STAFF.
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