WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 1985
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COURSES TO HELP TEACHERS QUALIFY
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PART-TIME IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES HAVE BEEN ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO HELP PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ATTAIN PROFESSIONAL TEACHING QUALIFICATIONS.
THE COURSES WILL START IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR FOR TEACHERS EMPLOYED IN AIDED OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS WHO, ALTHOUGH ACADEMICALLY QUALIFIED, DO NOT POSSESS THE PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS TO MAKE THEM ELIGIBLE FOR CLASSIFICATION AS +QUALIFIED TEACHERS+.
PART-TIME TEACHERS, SUPPLY TEACHERS, KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS AND EVENING CLASS TEACHERS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE COURSES, AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.
THE COURSE FOR PRIMARY TEACHERS IS A THREE-YEAR PART-TIME EVENING COURSE, AND WILL BE CONDUCTED IN CHINESE.
AS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, THERE WILL BE TWO TYPES OF COURSES A TWO-YEAR PART-TIME EVENING COURSE AND A THREE-YEAR PART-TIME EVENING COURSE. THERE WILL BE CHINESE AND ENGLISH SECTIONS FOR EACH COURSE.
NO TUITION FEES WILL BE CHARGED FOR THE COURSES. CONTENTS WILL INCLUDE LECTURES, TUTORIALS AND SUPERVISION OF TEACHING OVER THE PERIOD OF TRAINING, CERTIFICATES ACCORDING QUALIFIED TEACHERS STATUS WILL BE AWARDED TO THOSE WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE COURSE.
APPLICANTS SHOULD BE FULL-TIME PERMITTED OR REGISTERED TEACHERS IN AIDED OR PRIVATE SCHOOLS, OR GRADUATES OF HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE FROM 1970 ONWARDS, HONG KONG SHUE YAN COLLEGE FROM 1976 ONWARDS, LINGNAN COLLEGE FROM 1979 ONWARDS, OR HOLDERS OF A HIGHER DIPLOMA AWARDED BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC.
FINAL YEAR STUDENTS OF THE THREE POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES ARE ALSO ELIGIBLE TO APPLY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED OF APPLICANTS WISHING TO TAKE THREE-YEAR EVENING COURSES ARE FIVE SUBJECTS AT GRADE E OR ABOVE, INCLUDING THE LANGUAGE RELEVANT TO THE COURSE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION, IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION.
THOSE WHO WISH TO APPLY FOR THE TWO-YEAR EVENING COURSES MUST BE GRADUATES OF HONG KONG BAPTIST COLLEGE (FROM 1970), HONG KONG SHUE YAN COLLEGE (FROM 1976), OR LINGNAN COLLEGE (FROM 1979), OR FINAL YEAR STUDENTS IN ANY OF THESE COLLEGES.
OLDERS OF A HIGHER DIPLOMA AWARDED BY THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC
ALSO ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.
THE ELECTIVES ART AND DESIGN, MUSIC AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION ARE OFFERED ONLY ON THE THREE-YEAR COURSES, AND THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED APPLICANTS INTERESTED IN TAKING ANY OF THESE THREE SUBJECTS THAT THEY MUST APPLY FOR THE THREE-YEAR EVENING COURSES.
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