THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1979
HOWEVER, THE CONCEPT AND CHARACTERISTICS OF PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION WILL BE RETAINED AND MODIFIED. THE TECHNICAL CONTENT OF THE CURRICULUM WILL REMAIN 40-50 PER CENT FOR FORMS 1-111, WHEREAS THE TECHNICAL CONTENT FOR FORMS IV-V WILL BECOME 30 PER CENT.
THE DIRECTOR ALSO PRAISED THE COTTON SPINNERS' ASSOCIATION, SPONSOR OF THE SCHOOL, FOR THEIR FORWARD LOOKING ATTITUDE IN GUARANTEE ING JOBS IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY FOR ITS CURRENT FORM !!! GRADUATES.
FOR THOSE WHO CHOSE TO JOIN FULL-TIME COURSES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES THIS YEAR, AND MANAGED TO SECURE ADMISSION, THE ASSOCIATION WILL SUBSIDISE EACH STUDENT $100 A MONTH WITH A GUARANTEE OF JOBS AS TECHNICIANS ON GRADUATION.
+WHAT BETTER DEMONSTRATION OF FAITH IN THEIR PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL THAN THE GUARANTEE OF EMPLOYMENT? AS SUCH, THE ASSOCIATION MUST BE THE MODEL FOR OTHER EMPLOYERS, MR. HAYE SAID.
NOT FORGETTING PARENTS WHO WERE AT THE CEREMONY THE DIRECTOR SAID HE APPRECIATED AND ADMIRED THEM FOR THEIR SACRIFICE IN PROVIDING THEIR CHILDREN WITH A FIRST-RATE ACADEMIC EDUCATION.
+BUT I DO NOT GO ALONG WITH THOSE WHO ATTEMPT TO EDUCATE THE IR CHILDREN BEYOND THEIR NATURAL ABILITY, AS THE WORLD IS EVER-CHANG | NG AND THE INDUSTRY IS EXPANDING, TECHNICAL EDUCATION MAY PERHAPS BE AN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF EDUCATION MORE SUITABLE TO THEIR CHILDREN,+ HE SAID.
MEANWHILE, MR. DAN WATERS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) POINTED OUT THAT STUDENTS ATTENDING PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS CAN GET REMISSION OF STUDIES WHEN ENTERING A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.
MR. WATERS WAS ADDRESSING THE GATHERING AT THE FIFTH SPEECH DAY OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CHINA ROTARY PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL.
+ANYONE WHO STUDIES A TECHNICAL SUBJECT IN DEPTH IS NORMALLY ADMITTED TO THE SECOND YEAR OF A PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSE IN A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AND TO THE SECOND YEAR OF A CRAFT APPRENTICESHIP, HE SAID.
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OF STUDYING IN A PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL, MR. WATERS SAID, WAS THAT JOBS SUCH AS REPAIRING A LOCK OR FIXING A SHELF COULD BE DONE AT HOME.
+WHILE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS DO NOT CLAIM TO TURN OUT FULLY SKILLED CRAFTSMEN, THEY PROVIDE GOOD, ALL-ROUND, BASIC TECHNICAL EDUCATION,+ HE SAID.
ON THE OTHER HAND, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY IS BEING INTRODUCED INTO SECONDARY GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, AND MR. WATERS DESCRIBED THIS AS +A BIG STEP FORWARD+,
+AFTER ALL, IF CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO DO A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PRACTICAL WORK IN THEIR SCHOOL WORKSHOPS THIS SHOULD HELP A GREAT DEAL TO OVERCOME THE BLUE-COLLAR AND WHITE-COLLAR COMPLEX WHICH IS STILL PREVALENT IN MUCH OF OUR SOCIETY AT THE PRESENT TIME, HE SAID.