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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1989
THIS WAS AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE CORRESPONDING YEAR, WHICH WAS JUST OVER FOUR PER CENT, HE ADDED.
FIGURE FOR LAST
OF
TEACHERS AND AS
"FROM THESE FIGURES IT IS CLEAR THAT THE SHORTAGE IS BY NO MEANS AS CRITICAL A PROBLEM AS THE QUESTION IMPLIES, RECENT PRESS REPORTS OF UNION CLAIMS HAVE SUGGESTED.
AND TO
SHORTAGE "NEVERTHELESS, A
DOES EXIST, AND NO ONE CAN BE COMPLACENT ABOUT THE NEED BOTH TO RETAIN EXPERIENCED TEACHERS ATTRACT ABLE PEOPLE INTO THE PROFESSION.
WHEN OF YOUNG
OF FULL EMPLOYMENT,
NUMBER AND THE
"THIS IS PARTICULARLY SO AT A TIME OTHER CAREER OPPORTUNITIES ARE INCREASING PEOPLE REACHING SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE IS DECLINING," HE SAID.
CONCERNING THE LIKELY FUTURE SUPPLY
SCHOOL OF QUALIFIED
IN THE TEACHERS, MR YEUNG SAID THAT ALTHOUGH APPLICATIONS FOR PLACES
PAST THREE YEARS, COLLEGES OF EDUCATION HAD BEEN DECLINING OVER THE THEY STILL GREATLY EXCEEDED THE PLACES AVAILABLE.
MORE THAN
CENT
HE SAID THAT THIS YEAR THERE WERE
FOUR APPLICANTS FOR EVERY FULL-TIME PLACE AND FOR PART-TIME COURSES ABOUT 17 PER OF APPLICATIONS FROM SERVING TEACHERS BAD TO BE TURNED AWAY.
ON THE OTHER HAND, ENROLMENT ON POST-GRADUATE TEACHER
FALLEN SLIGHTLY BELOW COURSES AT THE TWO UNIVERSITIES HAD THIS YEAR THE NUMBER OF PLACES AVAILABLE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE ADDED.
TRAINING
"THE OVERALL FIGURES I HAVE GIVEN CONCEAL CERTAIN PROBLEM AREAS TO WHICH WE ARE GIVING ATTENTION," MR YEUNG SAID.
EMPLOY
A "FOR EXAMPLE, SCHOOLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TEND TO
NON-STANDARD QUALIFICATIONS THAN HIGHER PROPORTION OF TEACHERS WITH SCHOOLS IN THE URBAN AREAS.
+
CONVENIENTLY
LOCATED SUCH TEACHERS
THERE MAY BE A NEED TO OFFER MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, TO HELP BECOME PROPERLY QUALIFIED.
"ALSO, CERTAIN SUBJECTS ARE SHORT OF
QUALIFIED TEACHERS, OF TRAINING ACTIVITY
BUT WHERE
WE ARE CONSIDERING THE EXPANSION APPROPRIATE.
"
COMMISSION INTENDED
то
TO THE
MR YEUNG ALSO SAID THE EDUCATION INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN RELATION TEACHING PROFESSION.
"I EXPECT THAT COMPREHENSIVE ADVICE ON THE SUBJECT WILL IN THE COMMISSION'S FIFTH REPORT, WHICH SHOULD THE END OF NEXT YEAR," HE ADDED.
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EMERGE TOWARDS
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