TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1990
MEASURES TO RESTORE MORALE OF TEACHING PROFESSION
SHORT AND MEDIUM THE GOVERNMENT IS WORKING HARD TO FORMULATE
TEACHING PROFESSION AND ΤΟ TERM MEASURES TO RESTORE MORALE OF THE
MANPOWER, IMPROVE ITS ATTRACTIVENESS, THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MR K.Y. YEUNG, SAID TODAY (TUESDAY),
THE COLLEGES OF
SPEAKING AT THE JOINT GRADUATION CEREMONY OF EDUCATION THIS AFTERNOON, MR YEUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT WAS CONSIDERING OF SERVICE GENERALLY TWO SHORT TERM MEASURES TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS FOR TEACHERS IN GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS.
THE FIRST AIMED TO IMPROVE THEIR PAY AND PROMOTION PROSPECTS.
OF PROPOSALS REGARDING ALL THE EDUCATION GRADES COMMISSION
SERVICE CIVIL
HE NOTED THAT A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE THE PAY, STRUCTURE AND RELATED MATTERS OF
TO THE STANDING HAD BEEN SUBMITTED SALARIES AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE.
ON
CIVIL STREAM WILL
"ALTHOUGH THE STANDING COMMISSION IS ONLY CONCERNED WITH SERVANTS ANY PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE GOVERNMENT TEACHING ALSO AFFECT AIDED SCHOOLS, MR YEUNG SAID.
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TO
MORE
ATTRACTIVE
RELEASE THE WHILE HE DECLINED
DETAILS OF
PROPOSED THE DELIBERATION OF THE PACKAGE SO AS NOT TO PRE-EMPT OR INFLUENCE
PROPOSED COMMISSION, MR YEUNG, HOWEVER, TOLD THE GRADUATES THAT THE
AND RETENTION BY MAKING THE PACKAGE SOUGHT TO IMPROVE RECRUITMENT
IN TERMS OF TEACHING PROFESSION
PAY
AND SCALES
THE
PROMOTION PROSPECT.
"IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE
ITS
STANDING COMMISSION WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO THE GOVERNMENT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR," HE SAID.
INTO RELATES TO
"THE OTHER SHORT TERM MEASURE WE ARE LOOKING THE AIDED, RATHER THAN THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR," MR YEUNG SAID.
IN
TO GIVE TEACHERS HE POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE AIDED SCHOOL PARITY OF TREATMENT WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
"FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES
OF EMPLOYMENT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR EXAMPLE IN
EXIST IN THE TERMS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SECTORS, BUT IT FOR THE GAP TO BE NARROWED FOR AIDED SCHOOL TEACHERS, SUCH AREAS AS ASSISTANCE TOWARDS HOUSING," HE SAID.
ARE
IF ALL GOES MEASURES
GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT "THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE NOW EXPLORING VARIOUS POSSIBILITIES AND I AM HOPEFUL THAT, WELL, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT A PACKAGE OF APPROPRIATE BY THE END OF THE YEAR, MR YEUNG SAID.
MR
SAID ONE
THE
ENHANCEMENT
OF
FACET OF IMPROVING
YEUNG ON MEDIUM TERM MEASURES, TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT WAS ONLY THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION.
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