MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1983
ADVANCE COURSE IN EDUCATION FOR NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS
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NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS IN GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SECONDARY OR PRIMARY SCHOOLS ARE INVITED TO APPLY FOR AN ADVANCE COURSE OF TEACHER EDUCATION OFFERED BY THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN 1983/64.
TEACHERS AT PRESENT ON ATTACHMENT OR SECONDMENT TO GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS MAY ALSO APPLY FOR THE COURSE.
+TEACHERS IN AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS, HOWEVER, SHOULD NOTE THAT THEY WILL ONLY BE CONSIDERED IF A SPONSORING BODY IS ABLE TO GUARANTEE TRANSFER TO A TEACHING POST IN A SECONDARY SCHOOL ON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE,+ AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
EACH SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT FROM AIDED SCHOOLS WILL BE REQUIRED TO GIVE A FORMAL UNDERTAKING TO TEACH FULL-TIME FOR A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN THREE YEARS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF THE COURSE, HE SAID.
THE COURSE WILL HAVE A CORE OF STUDIES IN EDUCATION, EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, LANGUAGE SKILLS AND COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAMMES.
IN ADDITION, EACH STUDENT WILL STUDY IN DEPTH, ON AN ELECTIVE BASIS, ONE AREA OF SUBJECT SPECIALISATION.
APPLICANTS SHOULD BE TWO-YEAR TRAINED TEACHERS AND HAVE STUDIED THE SUBJECT APPLIED FOR THROUGHOUT THE TWO YEARS OF HIS COLLEGE OF EDUCATION COURSE, THEY SHOULD ALSO HAVE TWO YEARS FULL-TIME POST-TRAINING TEACHING EXPERIENCE.
THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO DEMONSTRATE PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH ADEQUATE TO PURSUE THE ADVANCE COURSE, AND EITHER TO SIT FOR A TEST OR ATTEND AN INTERVIEW DEPENDING ON THE SUBJECT APPLIED FOR.
GRANTHAM COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IS OFFERING COURSES IN ART AND DESIGN, AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION NORTHCOTE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IS OFFERING HOME ECONOMICS (HOME MANAGEMENT): SIR ROBERT BLACK COLLEGE OF EDUCATION IS OFFERING HOME ECONOMICS (DRESS AND DESIGN) AND MUSIC WHILE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE IS OFFERING DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY.
+THE GOVERNMENT WILL BE PREPARED TO PAY THE SALARY OF A TEMPORARY TEACHER OF THE APPROPRIATE OR A LOWER GRADE, TO SUBSTITUTE FOR AN AIDED SCHOOL TEACHER ACCEPTED FOR A COURSE, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
+DURING THE PERIOD OF THE COURSE, ALL SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THEIR SALARY AND INCREMENT IN THE NORMAL WAY AND THE COURSE WILL COUNT AS SERVICE OR EXPERIENCE,+ HE SAID.
APPLICATION