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FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1983
BENEFITS OF VOCATIONAL TRAINING STRESSED
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YOUNG PEOPLE WERE ADVISED TODAY BY THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING, MR MORRIS MORGAN TO SEEK TO DEVELOP THEMSELVES THROUGH VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND THUS MAKE THE IR MARK IN LIFE.
MR MORGAN WAS ADDRESSING GRADUATES OF THE LUTHERAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WATERLOO ROAD, KOWLOON.
+WE ARE DEVELOPING A SYSTEM OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING IN HONG KONG WHICH WILL OFFER BALANCED OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO EQUIP THEMSELVES TO COPE WITH THE FUTURE,+ HE SAID.
+EVERYONE IS JUDGED BY THEIR ABILITY TO COPE WITH LIFE, AND SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT IS NO GUARANTEE OF SUCCESS, + HE SAID.
MR MORGAN SAID THAT AN EDUCATED PERSON' SEEMED TO MOST PEOPLE TO BE A SCHOLARLY INDIVIDUAL, BUT OFTEN HE IS NEITHER EDUCATED NOR TRAINED TO EXERCISE USEFUL SKILLS.
+HE IS SOMEONE WHO IS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND BUT NOT NECESSARILY TO ACT,+ MR MORGAN OBSERVED.
EDUCATION TODAY, HE SAID, WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY SPECIALISED AND THUS INCREASINGLY ALSO YOUNG PEOPLE WERE BEING TAUGHT TO PRACTISE ONLY THE SKILLS OF SCHOLARSHIP AND SCIENCE.
+THIS HAS BEEN A CHINESE TRAIT FOR CENTURIES, BUT THE SCOPE OF EDUCATION IS SO VAST NOWADAYS THAT MINUTE SPECIALISATION SEEMS A NECESSITY, HE SAID.
+THUS, YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE ON PARTICULAR SUBJECTS BÚT ARE FINDING THAT THEY ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO USE
THEM IN WAYS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO THE WORLD OUTSIDE THE EDUCATION SYSTEM, HE POINTED OUT.
+SUCH AN IMBALANCE IS HARMFUL TO INDIVIDUALS, INDUSTRY AND SOCIETY,+ HE WENT ON.
HE SAID A WELL-BALANCED EDUCATION SHOULD EMBRACE ANALYSIS AND THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE, BUT SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE EXERCISE OF CREATIVE SKILLS. THE COMPETENCE TO UNDERTAKE AND COMPLETE TASKS AND THE ABILITY TO COPE WITH EVERYDAY LIFE.
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