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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1979
1 700 FULL-TIME PLACES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES FOR F5 LEAVERS *****
THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL PROVIDE ABOUT 1 700 FIRST YEAR PLACES FOR FORM FIVE LEAVERS ON FULL-TIME COURSES NEXT SEPTEMBER, MR, DAN WATERS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL) SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE SPEECH DAY OF SCHOOLS OPERATED BY THE CHAN'S EDUCATIONAL ORGANSIATION HELD AT THE CHAN SHU KUI HALL IN NORTH POINT.
+IN SEPTEMBER, 1979 THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 10 QUAL IF IED APPLICANTS FOR EVERY AVAILABLE FULL-TIME POST-FORM FIVE PLACE.+ MR. WATERS SAID.
SOME 1 500 FIRST YEAR PLACES WERE PROVIDED FOR FORM FIVE LEAVERS LAST SEPTEMBER.
IN A TRACER STUDY+ CONDUCTED THIS YEAR BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AMONG STUDENTS WHO LEFT THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE SIX YEARS AGO, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE MAJORITY OF STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED FULL-TIME TECHNICIAN (POST-FROM FIVE) COURSES IN 1973 WERE NOW EARNING MORE THAN $2 700 A MONTH.
EVEN ON COMPLETION OF A FULL-TIME COURSE, MR. WATERS SAID, IT WOULD STILL BE NECESSARY FOR A STUDENT TO TAKE UP A JOB AND TO GAIN INDUSTRIAL_EXPERIENCE, POSSIBLY AT THE SAME TIME TAKING UP PART-TIME STUDIES.
ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE FOR SCHOOL LEAVERS WISHING TO PURSUE TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS TO CONTACT THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO BECOME REGISTERED TECHNICIAN APPRENTICES, SO THAT THEY WILL BE INDENTURED WITH A FIRM WHICH WILL SEND THEM FOR PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE STUDIES IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
+THERE IS A LOT TO BE SAID FOR PART-TIME DAY STUDIES BECAUSE IN THIS WAY PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE THAT IS GAINED ON THE JOB CAN BE MARRIED WITH THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION YOU RECEIVED IN AN INSTITUTE,+ MR. WATERS SAID.
SCHOOL LEAVERS CAN ALSO JOIN AN INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRE SUCH AS CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE OR CLOTHING INDUSTRY TRAINING CENTRE.
+THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION DIVISION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS A PANEL OF SPEAKERS WHO ARE PREPARED TO GO TO SCHOOLS TO GIVE CAREER TALKS,+ HE SAID.
SCHOOLS WISHING TO HOLD THESE TALKS SHOULD CONTACT THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION DIVISION OR THE CAREERS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, OR A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE DIRECT,
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