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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1993
TEACHER EDUCATION STANDARD WILL BE RAISED
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IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA ENQUIRIES REGARDING RECENT COMMENTS ON THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ENTRY REQUIREMENTS, THE FDUCATION DEPARTMENT ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
"THE STANDARD OF TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMMES OPERATED BY THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION WILL BE RAISED SINCE MOST OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 5 TO UPGRADING THE COLLEGES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED SHORTLY BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND BY THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED PROVISIONAL GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION.
"THE REVISIONS FLEXIBILITY AND WIDENING POTENTIAL TEACHERS.
UNDER CONSIDERATION ARE AINED AT GREATER THE NET OF ELIGIBILITY ΤΟ ATTRACT MORE
"THE SUITABILITY OF THE APPLICANTS WILL NOT ONLY BE DETERMINED BY THE MINIMUM ENTRY QUALIFICATION, THEY MUST ALSO OBTAIN GOOD RESULTS IN THE SELECTION INTERVIEW AND PRACTICAL TESTS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR THEIR CHOICE OF ELECTIVE SUBJECTS, NORMALLY REQUIRED AT GRADE C OR ABOVE AF HKOFF.
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LAST YEAR, COMPETITION WAS VERY KEEN, WITH EVERY FIVE ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS BEING SELECTED COURSES.
ONLY ONE OUT OF FOR THE THREE-YEAR
"THE DEPARTMENT IS CONFIDENT THAT COLLEGE LECTURERS HAVE THE ABILITY AND PROFESSIONALISM TO TRAIN ALL SELECTED TEACHER TRAINEES
TO BE COMPETENT TEACHERS AFTER THEIR TRAINING IN THE COLLEGES. THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE STANDARD OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION WOULD BE LOWERED.
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UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR OCTOBER
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DECEMBER
DECEMBER 1992
THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT
WAS 2.1%. AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT
LATEST LABOUR
FORCE
RATE
FOR
OCTOBER RATE WAS 2.0% STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY
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ACCORDING ΤΟ THE (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE
THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR PERIOD NOVEMBER 1992 JANUARY 1993 WAS 2.0%. UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.9%.
WHILE THE PROVISIONAL
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THE LATEST FIGURES SUGGEST THAT BOTH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINED GENERALLY STABLE IN RECENT MONTHS.
DURING THE PERIOD OCTOBER
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DECEMBER
1992, THE PERSONS, ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER ESTIMATED AT 58,700, WHILE THE
UNEMPLOYED TIME JOB-SEEKERS,
WAS
UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 56,700.
AND
NUMBER OF OF FIRST- NUMBER OF
/THE UNEMPLOYMENT