MONDAY, MAY 24, 1976
REDUNDANT TEACHERS REGISTERED FOR PLACEMENT ******
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PLACEMENT SERVICE TODAY BEGAN REGISTERING REDUNDANT TEACHERS AS A RESULT OF THE CLOSURE OF UNDER-UTILISED CLASSES IN SUBSIDISED PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
UP TO 5 P.M. 37 TEACHERS HAD PRESENTED THEMSELVES FOR REGISTRATION.
ALL TEACHERS CONCERNED HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED IN WRITING THAT THEY MUST REGISTER BY 5 P.M. ON MAY 28 (FRIDAY).
MR. LEE TZE-CHUN, SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE PLACEMENT SERVICE, SAID THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT ALL THE ESTIMATED 220 REDUNDANT TEACHERS WOULD BE FOUND ALTERNATIVE POSTS IN OTHER SUBSIDIZED PRIMARY SCHOOLS WHERE THERE WERE VACANCIES ARISING FROM THE OPENING OF NEW CLASSES, RETIREMENT AND NORMAL WASTAGE.
MR. LEE SAID THAT 316 NEW CLASSES WOULD BE OPENED IN NEW AND DEVELOPING SUBSIDISED PRIMARY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG, KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1976.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE NUMBER OF UNDER-UTILISED CLASSES TO BE PHASED OUT WAS 216.
MR. LEE SAID THAT AS FROM JUNE 1 HIS PLACEMENT SERVICE WOULD START REFERRING REDUNDANT TEACHERS TO THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES OF OTHER SUBSIDISED PRIMARY SCHOOLS FOR CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT.
HE ANTICIPATED THAT THE PLACEMENT OF THE TEACHERS CONCERNED WOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF JULY.
THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (PRIMARY), MR. LAM TAT- LAU, WENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE PLACEMENT SERVICE AT 405, NATHAN ROAD, KOWLOON, THIS AFTERNOON,
HE SAID AFTERWARDS THAT REGISTRATION WAS PROCEEDING SMOOTHLY.
MR. LAM ADDED: +1 AM SURE THAT WITH THE CLOSE CO-OPERATION OF SCHOOL SPONSORS NOT A SINGLE REDUNDANT TEACHER WOULD BE OUT OF A JOB.+
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