SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1980
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PART-TIME LECTURERS IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WANTED
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APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING INVITED FOR PART-TIME LECTURING POSTS IN THE FIVE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IN SEPTEMBER.
THERE ARE NOW ABOUT 900 PART-TIME LECTURERS TEACHING IN OVER 600 PART-TIME CLASSES OF THE INSTITUTES WITH AN ENROLMENT OF OVER 20 000 STUDENTS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
+MOST OF THESE LECTURERS ARE IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION, AND MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN TEACHING IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AS PART-TIME LECTURERS FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS, HE SAID.
THE CLASSES CONDUCTED ARE EVENING, PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE AND SHORT COURSES.
+APART FROM BEING CONDUCTED IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTE PREMISES, EVENING CLASSES ARE ALSO ACCOMMODATED IN A NUMBER OF OUTLYING CENTRES IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT HONG KONG,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
TEACHING VACANCIES WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE 12 DISCIPLINES OF THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, INCLUDING HOTEL-KEEPING AND TOURISM, COMMERCIAL STUDIES, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, GENERAL STUDIES, INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY, PRINTING, TEXTILE INDUSTRIES, CLOTHING INDUSTRIES, MARINE AND FABRICATION, AND DESIGN.
THE COURSES OFFERED ARE MAINLY AT CRAFT (POST FORM 111) AND TECHNICIAN (POST FORM V) LEVELS.
THEY ARE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FURTHER STUDIES TO PEOPLE WORKING IN THE COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICES FIELDS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
THE QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR THE PART-TIME LECTURING POSTS VARY WITH THE LEVEL OF THE COURSES AND THE SUBJECTS.
FULL DETAILS AND APPLICATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE EITHER IN PERSON OR IN WRITING FROM THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
RATES OF PAYMENT RANGE FROM $28 TO $50 PER HOUR AT PRESENT, BUT THESE ARE UNDER REVIEW, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
APPLICATION FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE RESPECTIVE INSTITUTES APPLIED TO ON JUNE 28.
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