WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1992
NON-GRADUATE TEACHER VACANCIES ESTIMATED AT 2,100
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THERE WILL BE AN ESTIMATED 2,100 NON-GRADUATE TEACHER VACANCIES IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE 1992-93 SCHOOL YEAR, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
HE SAID THIS IN ANNOUNCING THE NUMBER OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CLASSES WHICH WILL BE REDUCED BECAUSE OF THE ABOLITION OF REPETITION ALLOWANCE AT THE PRIMARY 1 AND SECONDARY 1 LEVELS, AND THE NUMBER OF NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS WHO WILL BE AFFECTED.
"SEVENTY-FOUR NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS IN THE PRIMARY SECTOR AND 44 NON-GRADUATE SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WILL BE AFFECTED. THE SPOKESMAN SAID, ADDING THAT THE TOTAL FOR GRADUATE TEACHERS WAS 102.
ON THE NUMBER OF CLASSES, HE SAID 62 PRIMARY AND 57 SECONDARY CLASSES WOULD BE REDUCED BECAUSE OF THE ABOLITION OF REPETITION ALLOWANCE.
ANOTHER 54 SECONDARY CLASSES WOULD ALSO BE REDUCED TO COMBINE UNDER-ENROLLED SECONDARY 2-3 CLASSES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
"EVERY YEAR THERE IS ALSO AN EXERCISE ON COMBINING UNDER- ENROLLED PRIMARY 2-6 CLASSES AND PHASING OUT SMALL PRIMARY SCHOOLS. FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR, A TOTAL OF 227 PRIMARY CLASSES WILL BE REDUCED AND WILL AFFECT 273 NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THIS, HE SAID, WOULD BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF AFFECTED TEACHERS TO 391, COMPARED то THE ESTIMATED 2,100
NON-GRADUATE VACANCIES.
"EVEN IF WE INCLUDE THE TOTAL OUTPUT OF 1,007 GRADUATING FROM THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION THIS YEAR, THERE WILL STILL BE A THEORETICAL SHORTFALL IN NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS OF 702," THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT.
BUT HE SAID THERE WOULD BE 393 NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS AFFECTED BY THE DECLINE OF THE PRIMARY-AGED POPULATION WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A REDUCTION OF 327 PRIMARY CLASSES.
THIS WOULD REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VACANCIES TO 309, WHICH COULD BE FILLED BY FORMER QUALIFIED TEACHERS REJOINING THE TEACHING PROFESSION AND TEACHERS HOLDING NON-STANDARD QUALIFICATIONS, THOSE WITH APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGE DIPLOMAS.
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