THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1981
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SCHOOLS URGED TO PROVIDE CAREERS SERVICE
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SE ONDARY SCHOOLS SHOULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO APPOINT A SERVING TEACHER TO TAKE ON THE ROLE OF CAREERS MASTER/MISTRESS TO PROVIDE VOCATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE TO THEIR STUDENTS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARIMENT URGED TODAY.
MORE THAN 300 SECONDARY SCHOOLS, HE NOTED, WERE ALREADY PROVIDING SUCH A SERVICE AND IT WAS HOPED THAT SCHOOL HEADS WOULD CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THIS IMPORTANT WORK.
+THOSE SCHOOLS WHICH HAVE YET TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE ARE ADVISED TO CONSIDER IT SERIOUSLY IN THE INTEREST OF THEIR STUDENTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
A TEACHER APPOINTED AS A CAREERS MASTER/MISTRESS SHOULD BE ONE IN FREQUENT CON CT WITH STUDENTS IN THE UPPER FORMS AND WHO SHOWS A GENUINE INTEREST IN THE WELL BEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
SUCH A TEACHER, ONCE APPOINTED, SHOULD BE ALLOTTED A FEW ADDITIONAL NON-TEACHING PERIODS PER WEEK TO ENABLE HIM TO INTERVIEW INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, TO COMPILE STUDENTS' CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS, TO FILE CAREERS LITERATURE AND INFORMATION AND TO ORGANISE CAREERS ACTIVITIES WITH THE AIM OF FAMILIARISING STUDENTS WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF CAREERS AND DIFFERENT AVENUES OF STUDY AND TRAINING.
+HEADS OF SCHOOLS ARE REQUESTED TO INITIATE CAREERS ADVISORY WORK AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE IN A STUDENT'S SCHOOL LIFE, AND IN THIS CONNECTION IT IS WORTH EMPHASISING THAT CAREERS COUNSELLING SHOULD BE REGARDED AS PART OF THE DUTY OF EVERY SCHOOL HEAD AND CLASS TEACHER, WITH THE CAREERS MASTER/MISTRESS SUPPLEMENTING AND CO-ORDINATING THE CAREERS PROGRAMME WITHIN THE SCHOOL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
CAREERS MASTERS/MISTRESSES SHOULD ALSO JOIN THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS, AN ORGANISATION RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMOTING CAREERS WORK IN SCHOOL.
+EVERY YEAR THE ASSOCIATION ORGANISES SEMINARS, TALKS AND VISITS TO BRING MEMBERS UP-TO-DATE WITH MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION ON EDUCATION AND OCCUPATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG, TEACHERS APPOINTED AS CAREERS MASTERS/MISTRESSES SHOULD THEREFORE MAKE AN EFFORT TO ATTEND THESE ACTIVITIES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID,
SCHOOLS SEEKING FURTHER INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT THE CAREERS OFFICER OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. WHO IS ALSO SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS. THE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 5-778311 EXT 239.
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