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SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1976
TRAINING COURSES FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS
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PRACTISING KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS WHO ARE PROFESSIONALLY UNTRAINED WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTAIN QUALIFIED STATUS BY ATTENDING A TWO-YEAR PART-TIME IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSE ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
THE COURSE, WHICH IS FREE, WILL BEGIN IN OCTOBER WHEN 50 CANDIDATES WILL BE ADMITTED. THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION WILL BE CANTONESE. LECTURES WILL BE GIVEN AT THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION OR OTHER GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS FROM 4 P.M. TO 7 P.M. TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK DURING TERM TIME. DEMONSTRATION AND CRITICISM LESSONS WILL BE CONDUCTED ONCE A WEEK FOR 20 WEEKS IN THE MORNING IN KINDERGARTENS.
APPLICANTS MUST HAVE A HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION OR ITS EQUIVALENT, SPEAK CANTONESE FLUENTLY AND HAVE A GOOD CHARACTER AND SUITABLE PERSONALITY. THEY MUST ALSO BE FULL-TIME PERMITTED TEACHERS IN KINDERGARTENS WITH A MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS” (SUITABLE TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN REGISTERED SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG.
IN A CIRCULAR TO HEADS OF ALL KINDERGARTENS AND SCHOOLS WITH KINDERGARTEN CLASSES, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (CHIEF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS), MR. ARTHUR BROWN, INVITED APPLICATIONS FROM UNTRAINED PRACTISING KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS.
APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS IN LEE GARDENS, CAUSEWAY BAY, OR FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S KOWLOON SUB-OFFICE ON THE 6TH FLOOR OF THE KOWLOON GOVERNMENT OFFICES
IN NATHAN ROAD.
ALL APPLICATIONS TOGETHER WITH PHOTOSTAT COPIES OF TEACHING PERMITS ISSUED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SHOULD BE SENT TO THE ORGANISER OF THE COURSE OF TRAINING FOR KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS, MISS FRANCES HON, BY JULY 31, 1976.
SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
EACH CANDIDATE MUST ATTEND AT LEAST 80 PER CENT OF ALL LECTURES BEFORE SITTING FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATION.
ON PASSING THE EXAMINATION, THE TEACHERS WILL BECOME +QUALIFIED KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS+.
THEY WILL THEN BE ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S REGISTER OF TEACHERS IF THEY HAVE FIVE YEARS' TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN HONG KONG SCHOOLS.
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