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THE COLLEGE ALSO RUNS A VARIETY OF SHORT COURSES FOR PRACTISING TEACHERS AND INSTRUCTORS WHO ARE WORKING IN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
THIS YEAR, THE COLLEGE IS OFFERING TWO TYPES OF EVENING COURSES -- A TWO-YEAR COURSE FOR PART-TIME LECTURERS AND A ONE- YEAR INDUSTRIAL TRADE INSTRUCTORS' COURSE.
A TOTAL OF 108 STUDENTS ARE TAKING THE PART-TIME LECTURERS COURSE, WHILE 129 ARE TAKING THE INDUSTRIAL INSTRUCTORS COURSE. LAST YEAR, ONLY 63 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED FOR THE INDUSTRIAL
INSTRUCTORS COURSE.
IN ADDITION, IT OFFERS A VARIETY OF DAY COURSES. THESE INCLUDE A TWO-YEAR FULL-TIME TECHNICAL TEACHERS COURSE, A TWO-YEAR FULL-TIME DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY COURSE, A ONE-YEAR FULL-TIME COURSE, SPECIALIST THIRD YEAR COURSES, AND TWO PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSES ON INDUSTRIAL TRADE AND ON DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY.
THIS YEAR THE COLLEGE SUSPENDED A TWO-YEAR PART-TIME EVENING TECHNICAL TEACHERS CERTIFICATE COURSE WHICH IT HAD OFFERED FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.
MR. SMITH EXPLAINED THAT THE COURSE WAS STOPPED BECAUSE IT HAD BECOME APPARENT THAT THERE WAS NO MORE NEED TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR IN-SERVICE TEACHERS WITH ADEQUATE QUALIFICATIONS.
ORGINALLY, HE SAID, THE COURSE CATERED FOR TECHNICAL TEACHERS WHO HAD AMPLE EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE ON SUBJECTS OF THEIR OWN SPECIALTY BUT LACKED THE NECESSARY TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO BECOME QUALIFIED REGISTERED TEACHERS. THE AIM OF THE COURSE WAS TO PROVIDE SUCH TEACHERS WITH THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS.
OVER THE PAST YEARS, 80 STUDENTS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE COURSE.
+HOWEVER, OUT OF THE 41 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED THIS YEAR,+, MR. SMITH SAID, ONLY FOUR WERE FOUND SUITABLE FOR THE COURSE AND OF THESE TWO WERE NOT YET PRACTISING TEACHERS.
+FLEXIBILITY IS VITAL IN THE RUNNING OF COURSES TO MEET THE CHANGING DEMANDS OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION,+ HE ADDED. +COURSES ARE STARTED AS THE NEED ARISES, OR SUSPENDED WHEN THEIR PURPOSE HAS BEEN SERVED.+
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