FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1987
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CRAFT COURSES OPEN TO FORM 3 STUDENTS
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FORM 3 STUDENTS ARE BEING INVITED TO APPLY, THROUGH THEIR SCHOOLS, FOR ENTRY INTO FULL-TIME CRAFT LEVEL COURSES OFFERED BY TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRES OF THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL IN THE COMING ACADEMIC YEAR.
A TOTAL OF 39 POST FORM 3 COURSES, 22 FROM EIGHT TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND 17 FROM EIGHT TRAINING CENTRES, WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO TAKE UP A CRAFT CAREER THROUGH TECHNICAL EDUCATION OR INDUSTRIAL TRAINING.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE COUNCIL SAID THAT FORM 3 OR MIDDLE 3 STUDENTS STUDYING IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WILL HAVE BETTER OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF TECHNICIAN PREPARATORY COURSES IN MAJOR DISCIPLINES.
+THESE ONE-YEAR FULL-TIME TECHNICIAN PREPARATORY COURSES ARE DESIGNED AS BRIDGING COURSES FOR GRADUATES FROM POST FORM 3 COURSES, PROVIDING THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROGRESS TO FULL-TIME TECHNICIAN LEVEL STUDIES WHICH ARE NORMALLY RESTRICTED TO POST FORM 5 STUDENTS.
+THESE BRIDGING COURSES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE DISCIPLINES OF COMMERCE, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION, HE SAID.
AS FOR COURSES OFFERED AT THE EIGHT INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THEY PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE PRACTICAL TRAINING FOR STUDENTS TO PREPARE THEM FOR EMPLOYMENT AFTER COMPLETION OF THEIR STUDIES.
+TRAINEES WHO HAD COMPLETED THEIR TRAINING AT INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRES WOULD BE ABLE TO ENTER RELEVANT TRADES OR BECOME APPRENTICES AND RECEIVE FURTHER TRAINING ON THE JOB.+
THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES OFFER COURSES IN THE FOLLOWING DISCIPLINES MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, MARINE ENGINEERING AND FABRICATION, MOTOR VEHICLE ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, CONSTRUCTION PRINTING, DESIGN, CLOTHING, TEXTILE, COMMERCIAL STUDIES AND CHILD CARE.
THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRES WHICH PROVIDE CRAFT LEVEL COURSES COVER AUTOMOBILES, ELECTRICAL, GAS, ELECTRONICS, MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORKING, PLASTICS, PRINTING AND THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY.
STUDENTS CAN MAKE TWO CHOICES FROM ANY COURSES OPERATED IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND INDUSTRIAL TRAINING CENTRES. COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO SCHOOLS BEFORE MARCH 10.
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