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MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1975.
ALL 205 REDUNDANT PRIMARY TEACHERS FOUND JOBS
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PLACEMENT SERVICE HAS FOUND ALTERNATIVE TEACHING POSTS FOR ALL 205 REDUNDANT AIDED PRIMARY TEACHERS.
THIS PLACEMENT OPERATION BEGAN ON JUNE 2 AND WAS COMPLETED ON AUGUST 15.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PRIMARY), MR. LAM TAT-LAU SAID TODAY : +1 HAVE ADVISED THE SUPERVISORS OF AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS TO PROCEED WITH APPOINTING TRAINED TEACHERS, INCLUDING RECENT GRADUATES OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION TO ANY OUTSTANDING VACANCIES.+
MR. LAM SAID THAT FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE PLACEMENT EXERCISE, THE NUMBER OF FULL-TIME TEACHING POSTS IN THE AIDED PRIMARY SECTOR STOOD AT 382 AT PRESENT.
IN ADDITION, THERE WERE PART-TIME PRIMARY VACANCIES EQUIVALENT TO 32.5 FULL-TIMĚ POSTS.
MR. LAM EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION TO THE SPONSORS OF THE AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION AND PATIENCE IN MAKING THE PLACEMENT SERVICE A SUCCESS.
AN UP-TO-DATE LIST OF OUTSTANDING VACANCIES IN AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS IS BEING PREPARED FOR DISPLAY ON THE NOTICE BOARDS OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION FOR THE INFORMATION OF GRADUATES.
MEANWHILE, REPORTS FROM PRINCIPALS OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION SHOWED THAT NEARLY 100 GRADUATES HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO TEACHING POSTS IN AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
IT WILL BE RECALLED THAT IN THE REPLY TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STUDENT UNIONS OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN MAY. THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAD ANTICIPATED THAT THERE WOULD BE AT LEAST 350 VACANCIES IN AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND ABOUT 100 IN AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
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