WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1989
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EXPATRIATE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS SCHEME TO BE MODIFIED
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PERMANENT SCHEME
TO
EELT PILOT
A A DECISION ON WHETHER THERE SHOULD BE EMPLOY EXPATRIATE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN PUBLIC-SECTOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL NOT BE MADE UNTIL AFTER THE PRESENT TWO-YEAR SCHEME HAS BEEN COMPLETED IN AUGUST THIS YEAR.
THE
THE DECISION WILL BE BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THE FINAL
EXPECTED EVALUATION REPORT, WHICH IS
TO BE MADE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT BY THE BRITISH COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER.
AVAILABLE TO
HOWEVER, IN ORDER ΤΟ MAINTAIN CONTINUITY WHILE THE PILOT SCHEME 19 BEING EVALUATED, IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT A MODIFIED SCHEME, WHICH WILL ALSO LAST FOR TWO YEARS, SHOULD BE INTRODUCED IN SEPTEMBER 1989.
ΤΟ THIS WILL BE SUBJECT
APPROVAL OF FUNDS BY THE FINANCE
COMMITTEE.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED WITHOUT THIS MODIFIED SCHEME, MOST TEACHERS IN THE PILOT SCHEME LEAVE HONG KONG THIS SUMMER.
THAT
WOULD
TO BE
THIS WOULD LEAD TO A LOSS OF MOMENTUM, AND MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO INTRODUCE A PERMANENT SCHEME, IF ONE SHOULD PROVE JUSTIFIED.
THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE MODIFIED SCHEME ARE AS FOLLOWS:
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PRESENT PILOT AIDED SCHOOLS IN THE
JOIN MAY
THE MODIFIED SCHEME IF THEY WISH BY EMPLOYING SERVING
HONG KONG EXPATRIATE TEACHERS WILLING TO STAY IN
FOR TWO MORE YEARS FOR THE MODIFIED SCHEME. (22 SUCH AIDED SCHOOLS
IN WITH 44 POSTS HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST
CONTINUING HAVE THE SERVICE OF EXPATRIATE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS.
SCHEME
ΤΟ
THE AIDED SCHOOLS CONCERNED WILL EMPLOY EXPATRIATE DIRECTLY RATHER THAN THROUGH A THIRD PARTY.
TEACHERS
SEPTEMBER
GOVERNMENT AT ABOUT THROUGH SERV LOR POLICY
VACANCIES FOR GRADUATE ENGLISH TEACHERS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN
1989 (ESTIMATED 30) ARE TO DE FILLED BY EXPATRIATE TEACHERS OPEN COMPETITION WITH EMPLOYMENT ON NORMAL CIVIL TERMS. THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A LONG-ESTABLISHED PERMITTING THE EMPLOYMENT OF EXPATRIATE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS IN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS. EXPATRIATE TEACHERS NOW SERVING IN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY THE PRESENT PILOT SCHEME MAY APPLY FOR THESE ANY SERVING EXPATRIATE TRACHER IN THE AIDED SECTOR WHO CANNOT BE ACCOMMODATED IN THAT SECTOR OR WHO WOULD PREFER TO JOIN THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR.
SCHOOLS UNDER POSTS
AS MAY
/* PARTICIPATING AIDED