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QUALIFICATIONS FOR TEACHER EDUCATION COURSES SET
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THE MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS OF AT LEAST SIX SUBJECTS IN THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION WERE REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION TO FULL-TIME TEACHER EDUCATION COURSES IN THE THREE GENERAL COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON LI YUET-TING, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY),
ANSWERING A QUESTION BY THE HON ALEX WU ON THE CRITERIA USED IN SETTING THE MINIMUM ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION TO COURSES PROVIDED BY THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, MR LI SAID THAT THE QUALIFICATIONS REFLECTED THE IMPORTANCE ATTACHED TO PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS POSSESSING A BROAD GENERAL EDUCATION AND A PROFICIENCY IN BOTH LANGUAGES.
LEVEL + THE TWO-YEAR COURSE FOR APPLICANTS WHO POSSESS ADVANCED LEVEL QUALIFICATIONS WHICH WAS INTRODUCED IN 1980 WAS A FURTHER MEASURE TO UPGRADE THE QUALITY OF THE NON-GRADUATE TEACHING FORCE.+
MR LI SAID THERE WERE ALWAYS MORE APPLICANTS THAN PLACES AVAILABLE SO IN PRACTICE APPLICANTS WOULD NORMALLY NEED BETTER QUALIFICATIONS THAN THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS STATED.
+HOWEVER, EXCEPTIONALLY AN APPLICANT WHO SELECTS ART AND DESIGN. MUSIC OR PHYSICAL EDUCATION AS AN ELECTIVE AND WHO DEMONSTRATES OUTSTANDING ABILITY IN THESE SUBJECTS THROUGH THE PRACTICAL TESTS ADMINISTERED BY THE COLLEGES MAY BE ADMITTED EVEN THOUGH HIS ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS ARE NOT AS IMPRESSIVE AS THOSE OF OTHER SHORTLISTED APPLICANTS,
HE SAID.
ON REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY TO COURSES IN THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE, MR LI SAID THEY WERE SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE THREE GENERAL COLLEGES BUT ADDITIONALLY REFLECTED THE SPECIALIST REQUIREMENTS OF THE SCHOOLS IN TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS.
+ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS TO THE IN-SERVICE COURSES OF TRAINING
VARY ACCORDING TO THE NATURE OF THE COURSE.+
+GENERALLY SPEAKING, THESE ARE LOWER THAN THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FULL-TIME COURSES BECAUSE NORMALLY ENTRANTS ARE FULL-TIME SERVING TEACHERS WHO HAVE HAD AT LEAST TWO YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE,+ MR LI SAID.
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