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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1974
PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS FULFILLING A NEED
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PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION IS A SMALL BUT IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THE EDUCATION PLAN FOR THE 12 TO 14 YEARS OLD IN HONG KONG, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, HR. KENNETH TOPLEY SAID TODAY WHEN" HE OPENED THE CARITAS ST. PAUL'S PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL ON CHEUNG CHAU ISLAND.
THERE ARE 3,400 PLACES IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AND UNDER APPROVED POLICY, THE GOVERNMENT HAS PLANS TO EXPAND THESE TO 11,000 APPROVED PLACES DY 1979.
IN ADDITION, PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, IN COMION WITH ALL OTHER SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WILL DE ENCOURAGED TO EXPAND THEIR INTAKE BY VARIOUS METHODS SUCH AS FLOTATION AND EXTENDED DAY.
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+THERE CAN, THEREFORE, DE NO DOUBT THAT PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS ARE HERË TO STAY. THEIR CONTINUED POPULARITY IS A CLEAR INDICATION THAT THEY ARE FULFILLING A NEED,* KR. TOPLEY SAID.
IN FACT, THE FOUR PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS RUN BY CARITAS HAD 4,436 DIRECT APPLICATIONS THIS SEPTEMBER FOR SCO PLACES, IN ADDITION TO THIS, THERE WERE THE APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AS A RESULT OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ENTRANCE EXAMINATION,
THE DIRECTOR SAID THE SINCERE BELIEF OF CARITAS IN THESE SCHOOLS HAD BEEN TRANSLATED INTO A SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENT AND HE CONGRATULATED THE ORGANISATION'S DEDICATION CHI A JOB WELL DONE.
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WITH THE OPENING OF ST. PAUL'S ONE OF THE NEVEST AND MOST MODERN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS - STL. ENTS ON CHEUNG CHAU WOULD SAVE MANY HOURS OF UNNECESSARY TRAVELL ILG,
AS IN ALL AIDED SCHOOL PROJECTS, THE COVERUMENT PAID A CONSIDERABLE PART OF THE CAPITAL COST OF THIS QUOOL. THE SPONSORS' SHARE FOR THIS SCHOOL IS LARGELY IN THE FORM OF A DONATION FROM THE HOLY CHILDHOOD SOCIETY IN GELLANY.
MR. TOPLEY ASKED THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY, FATHER PAUL KOPPELDERY, TO TAKE BACK TO THE CHILDRED OF GERMANY
THE THANKS OF THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG FOR THEIR HELP IN FINANCING THE DUILDING OF THIS FINE SCHOOL VITICH DAS (LEVEN CLASSROOMS AND NINE SPECIAL ROOMS TO HOUSE THE PRACTICAL AND SCIENCE SUBJECTS AND A LIBRARY.
THE SCHOOL HAS 600 STUDENTS. ITS CURRICULUM IS WELL BALANCED BETWEEN PRACTICAL WORK AND CHILENAL EDUCATION WHICH COMPRISES THE USUAL SUBJECTS UP TO FORM 3 LEVEL INCLUDING MUSIC AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION.
THERE IS A WIDER VARIETY OF PRACTICAL SUBJECTS THAN IN MANY SCHOOLS OF THIS TYPE. APART FROM METAL WORK, WOODWORK AND PRACTICAL ELECTRICITY, THERE ARE COMMERCIAL, TEXTILES AND TAILORING SUBJECTS.
+PUPILS WHO HAVE ATTENDED THIS SCUOCT. SHOULD DE WELL-PREPARED TO CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES IN ONE OF THE 10GILICAL INSTITUTES IN HONG KONG, MR. TOPLEY SAID.
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