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FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1982
MORE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO BE BUILT
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THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION, MR KENNETH TOPLEY, DISCLOSED TODAY (FRIDAY) THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS BUILDING 12 ADDITIONAL PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS AT A COST OF $200 MILLION AS A RESULT OF THE IR SUCCESS.
HE WAS SPEAKING AT THE FOURTH ANNUAL SPEECH DAY OF THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL.
+THESE NEW PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED MAINLY IN THE NEW TOWNS AND WILL BE OPENED IN THE 1984/85 ACADEMIC YEAR, WHEN THEY WILL DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF FORM 1 PREVOCATIONAL PLACES,+ MR TOPLEY SAID.
HE SAID THE POPULARITY OF PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION HAD BEEN PROVEN BY THE FACT THAT OVER 10 000 PRIMARY 6 PUPILS EACH YEAR COMPETE FOR LESS THAN 3 000 FORM 1 PLACES IN THE 13 EXISTING SCHOOLS,
+PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION IS A FORM OF SECONDARY EDUCATION WHICH PROVIDES PUPILS WITH A SOLID BASIS OF GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND AN INTRODUCTION TO BROADLY-BASED TECHNICAL SKILLS.
*THE AMOUNT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN THE CURRICULUM IS MORE THAN THAT FOUND IN GRAMMAR OR TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND IS GEARED TO THE NEEDS AND DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL INDUSTRY, HE EXPLAINED.
MR TOPLEY TOLD THE GRADUATING STUDENTS THAT THEIR EDUCATION HAD PROVIDED THEM WITH A FIRM FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE AND REMINDED THEM THAT THEIR EDUCATION WOULD NEVER REALLY END.
+WHETHER YOU ARE PURSUING SPECIALISED VOCATIONAL TRAINING OR CONTINUING YOUR STUDIES IN FORM 4 IN YOUR OWN, OR ANOTHER SCHOOL, YOU WILL ALWAYS GO ON LEARNING, HE SAID.
HE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION FOR ITS SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY. IN 1956, THE ASSOCIATION CONTRIBUTED $1 MILLION TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL COLLEGE, NOW KNOWN AS THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, AND SINCE 1964 IT HAS BEEN OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS TO PUPILS IN BOTH TECHNICAL AND PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.
THE ASSOCIATION HAS ALSO AGREED TO SPONSOR ANOTHER PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL IN TUEN MUN, SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER 1984.
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