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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1978
PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION POPULAR IN HONG KONG
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PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION IS POPULAR IN HONG KONG AND OF SOME 3,100 PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL PLACES AVAILABLE THIS ACADEMIC YEAR EACH PLACE WAS OVER-SUBSCRIBED FIVE AND A HALF TIMES.
THIS WAS STATED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY MR. DANIEL WATERS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS JOINT OPEN DAY.
+A PREVOCATIONAL LEAVER NOT ONLY HAS A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION, BUT ALSO WELL VERSED IN, AND HAS AN APTITUDE FOR, TECHNICAL SUBJECTS, HE SAID.
EVERY YEAR ABOUT 10 PER CENT OF PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL LEAVERS HAVE GONE ON TO FULL-TIME COURSES IN TECHNICAL
INSTITUTES, MR. WATERS SAID.
ABOUT ANOTHER 38 PER CENT HAVE GONE INTO APPRENTICESHIPS LINKED WITH PART-TIME DAY STUDIES IN A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE WHILE ANOTHER 24 PER CENT CHOSE TO GO ON TO FURTHER STUDIES
IN ANOTHER TYPE OF SCHOOL.
+ INDUSTRIALISTS ARE KEEN TO EMPLOY PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL LEAVERS,+ HE SAID.
ON THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, MR. WATERS SAID AT THE PRESENT TIME, THREE NEW SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR ARE IN THE PIPELINE, THIS MEANS THAT BY 1980 WE SHALL HAVE A TOTAL OF 13 PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.+
HE ADDED THAT A FURTHER NINE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS MIGHT BE REQUIRED, NOTING THAT THIS TYPE OF EDUCATION WAS ESPECIALLY POPULAR IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
MR. WATERS SAID THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WAS NOW CONSIDERING PLANS TO ENABLE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED FORM 3 IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO GO ON TO FORMS 4 AND 5 IN THE SAME TYPE OF SCHOOLS.
+ IT IS GENERALLY FELT THAT ALTHOUGH THE CURRICULA IN FORMS 4 AND 5 SHOULD LEAD TO THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION THE GENERAL CHARACTER OF PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION SHOULD BE RETAINED IN THE UPPER FORMS AND THERE SHOULD BE A STRONG EMPHASIS ON TECHNICAL SUBJECTS, HE SAID.
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