SUNDAY, JULY 8, 1979
MORE FULL-TIME PLACES IN TECHNICAL
INSTITUTES FOR HAND ICAPPED STUDENTS
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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS PLANNING TO PROVIDE HANDICAPPED STUDENTS WITH MORE FULL-TIME PLACES IN ITS TECHNICAL INSTITUTES TO HELP TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN THE WHITE PAPER ON REHABILITATION SERVICES IN HONG KONG.
IN THE COMING ACADEMIC YEAR, ABOUT 100 PLACES WILL BE OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES TO FORM 111 LEAVERS FROM SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL CLASSES IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS.
OF THESE, 50 WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE TO BE OPENED IN KOWLOON TONG THIS SEPTEMBER WHILE THE REMAINING 50 WILL BE SHARED AMONG THE MORRISON HILL, KWAI CHUNG, KWUN TONG AND THE HAKING WONG TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
TO IMPLEMENT THE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES IN THE WHITE PAPER, A SPECIAL UNIT WAS SET UP UNDER THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION DIVISION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.
THE 100 FULL-TIME PLACES TO BE OFFERED IN THE COMING ACADEMIC YEAR, MAINLY AT CRAFT LEVEL, IS CONSIDERED TO BE ADEQUATE TO MEET THE INITIAL DEMAND, CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF FORM II STUDENTS NOW IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS, SAID MR. GEORGE RIBEIRO, PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR OF THE INSPECTORATE UNIT FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR THE DISABLED.
+OF COURSE, ADDITIONAL PLACES WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE IN THE FUTURE IF THE DEMAND GROWS,+ HE SAID.
MR. RIBEIRO SAID THE LEE WAI LEE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE HAS FACILITIES SPECIALLY DESIGNED FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED WHILE SOME FACILITIES IN THE OTHER FOUR INSITI TUES MAY ALSO BE MODIFIED TO SUIT THE NEEDS OF THE DISABLED STUDENTS IF THE SITUATION WARRANTS IT.
TO PUBLICISE THE NEW EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED, TALKS WILL BE GIVEN TO SPECIAL SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE ABOUT TO COMPLETE THEIR FORM 111 EDUCATION, MR. RIBEIRO SAID.
THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE HAS MOUNTED A TRAINING COURSE FOR INSTRUCTORS TEACHING SKILLS TO THE DISABLED. IT IS HOPED THAT SIMILAR TRAINING COURSE FOR TECHNICAL TEACHERS TEACHING DISABLED STUDENTS WILL BE OFFERED WHEN TWO LECTURERS RETURN FROM THE U.K. AFTER THEIR SINO-BRITISH TRUST SCHOLARSHIP.
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A WIDE RANGE OF ONE-YEAR FULL-TIME CRAFT LEVEL COURSES WILL BE OFFERED BY THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES IN THE COMING ACADEMIC YEAR, INCLUDING COMMERCIAL STUDIES, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, GENERAL STUDIES, PRINTING, TEXTILE INDUSTRIES, CLOTHING INDUSTRIES, MARINE AND FABRICATION AND DESIGN.
/+ON COMPLETING