WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28, 1992
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TO HELP PARENTS MEET THE HIGHER FEES THAT AROSE FROM EMPLOYMENT OF TRAINED TEACHERS, FUNDING TO FEE REMISSION WILL BE INCREASED BY 145 PER CENT OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, FROM $26 MILLION THIS YEAR TO MILLION IN 1996/97.
MR CHAN SAID: "THE KINDERGARTEN FEE REMISSION SCHEME WILL THEN BE FULLY ALIGNED WITH THE POINTS SYSTEM FOR SENIOR SECONDARY REMISSION.
$63
BY
FEE
PAMILIES WHO **WITH THIS SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED SUPPORT FOR
IN A POSITION TO FEES, WE SHALL BE NEED HELP WITH KINDERGARTEN CONSIDER LEGISLATING FOR A MINIMUM PROPORTION OF TRAINED STAFF IN EACH KINDERGARTEN."
"
TO THIS WILL INCREASE THE DEMAND FOR TRAINED TEACHERS AND LEAD
PEOPLE то MORE YOUNG IMPROVED
WHICH SALARIES,
IN TURN, MOTIVATE UNDERGO TRAINING AS QUALIFIED KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS, HE ADDED.
ON THE ABOLITION OF FLOTATION CLASSES, MR CHAN SAID NEW SCHOOLS BASE FOR ALL BUILT SINCE 1990 HAVE ENOUGH CLASSROOMS TO PROVIDE A CLASSES AT OR BELOW SECONDARY 5.
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL DISCUSS WITH WITH A VIEW TO IDENTIFYING SUITABLE SOLUTIONS.
FOR
6
AND
EXISTING SCHOOLS
SAID
THE HALF
HE 7, AT SECONDARY FLOTATION ANTICIPATED DECLINE IN SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT IN THE LATTER OF THE 1990'S SHOULD OFFER PROSPECTS FOR IMPROVEMENT.
FACT OF
AND SMALL GROUP HOWEVER, HE POINTED OUT THAT SPLIT CLASSES
DID AND FLOTATION
HELP VERY
LIFE TEACHING WAS
MUCH A
RULE ACCLIMATISE STUDENTS FOR TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS WHICH DO NOT AS A PROVIDE SPECIFIC CLASSROOMS.
HE NOTED THAT OF THE EXISTING 1,460 FLOATING CLASSES, 1,100 ARE IN SECONDARY 6 AND 7 AND SOME 360 ARE AT SECONDARY 5 OR BELOW.
MANAGEMENT BENEFIT
MR CHAN ALSO SPOKE OF VARIOUS CHANGES IN THE SCHOOL FRAMEWORK TO BE CARRIED OUT IN 1993 IN ORDER TO MAXIMISE THE OF THE IMPROVED TEACHER/STUDENT RATIOS, INCLUDING THE SETTING UP OF
AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMMITTEE ON HOME-SCHOOL CO-OPERATION SYSTEMATIC, SCHOOL-BASED INDUCTION PROGRAMME FOR NEW TEACHERS.
TURNING TO EMPLOYMENT-RELATED MATTERS, THE SECRETARY NOTED THAT THE CALL FOR A GREAT EXPANSION OF RETRAINING PROGRAMME FOR WORKERS WAS WELL-MEANT BUT HAVE BEEN FOUNDED ON A MISREADING OF THE STATISTICS.
DECEMBER WOULD INCLUDE OCCUPYING
ACCORDING TO THE LATEST MANPOWER FORECAST RELEASED IN 1991, IT WAS PROJECTED THAT BY 1996, THE WORKFORCE 84,600 WORKERS WITH JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION OR BELOW BUT POSTS REQUIRING A HIGHER EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION.
AND NOTING SECONDARY
THIS FIGURE REFERS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY IN EMPLOYMENT DOES NOT EQUATE WITH THE REQUIREMENT FOR RETRAINING, HE SAID, THAT THE 1991 CENSUS SHOWED THAT 33,600 PEOPLE WITH JUNIOR EDUCATION OR BELOW WERE WORKING AS "MANAGERS AND ADMINISTRATORS".
/THE EMPLOYEES