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FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1976
TOPLEY REPLIES TO STUDENT TEACHERS
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THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR. KENNETH TOPLEY SAID TODAY HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT AN ESTIMATED 532 VACANT PLACES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR FOR GRADUATES OF THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION TO APPLY FOR APPOINTMENT,
WHEN FIRM DETAILED INFORMATION ON THESE VACANCIES WAS AVAILABLE IT WOULD BE SENT TO THE STUDENTS' UNIONS THROUGH THE COLLEGE PRINCIPALS.
MR. TOPLEY STATED THIS IN REPLY TO A POINT RAISED IN LAST SATURDAY'S LETTER FROM THE STUDENTS' UNIONS.
IN ADDITION THE DIRECTOR HOPED THAT SUITABLY QUALIFIED SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS WOULD APPLY FOR ENTRY TO THE 250 PLACES IN THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION THIRD-YEAR COURSES WHICH WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE COMING SEPTEMBER.
HE EMPHASISED THAT STUDENTS ACCEPTED FOR THE THIRD-YEAR COURSES WOULD BE LIMITED TO THOSE WHO BY THEIR PROGRESS IN THE TWO-YEAR COURSE HAD DEMONSTRATED THEIR ABILITY TO BENEFIT FROM THIS HIGHER LEVEL OF TRAINING,
MR. TOPLEY SAID: +THE OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED BY THE THIRD-YEAR COURSE TO BRING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN THE QUALITY OF NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS IN THE SECONDARY SECTOR ARE OF VERY GREAT IMPORTANCE+.
REPLYING TO ANOTHER POINT, THE DIRECTOR REFERRED TO HIS LETTER OF FEBRUARY 26 TO THE STUDENTS' UNIONS WHEN HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WOULD ONCE AGAIN GIVE ASSISTANCE TO COLLEGE GRADUATES IN SECURING EMPLOYMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, ALONG THE LINES INTRODUCED IN 1975.
A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THIS SERVICE WOULD BE ISSUED TO THE COLLEGES EARLY IN JUNE.
+FULL INFORMATION ON SPECIFIC JOB VACANCIES WHICH ARE NOTIFIED TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE COLLEGES IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE INFORMATION IS RECEIVED, HE SAID.
THE DIRECTOR EMPHASISED THAT THIS SERVICE WAS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS WOULD HAVE READY ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON JOB OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT THEY COULD APPLY FOR THOSE VACANCIES THAT ATTRACTED THEM.
AS SAID