THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1994
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PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS INVITE APPLICATIONS
1 PLACE PARENTS OF PRIMARY 6 PUPILS MAY APPLY FOR A SECONDARY FOR THEIR CHILDREN IN THE 1995-96 SCHOOL YEAR IN ONE OF HONG KONG'S 26 AIDED PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) UNTIL DECEMBER 15,
ALL PRIMARY 6 PUPILS AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID
ALLOCATION EXERCISE IN PARTICIPATING IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES THE 1995-96 SCHOOL YEAR WOULD RECEIVE A LEAFLET WITH APPLICATION FORMS FOR PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS FROM THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
PARENTS ARE ADVISED TO CONSIDER APPLICATION BASED ON THE NEEDS, INTEREST AND ABILITIES OF THEIR CHILDREN.
THAT NOTED
PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS THE SPOKESMAN
OFFERED AN TO THAT PROVIDED IN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION
то GRAMMAR AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS
MKET DIFFERENT
AND APTITUDES
INCLINATIONS OF STUDENTS.
1N ORDINARY GRAMMAR
IN ADDITION TO GENERAL SUBJECTS PROVIDED SCHOOLS, PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS OFFER TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS ART AND DESIGN; COMMERCE AND SUCH AS ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICITY; PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTS.
THEIR JUNIOR
SECONDARY EDUCATION
3 IN APPROVED
SECONDARY
STUDENTS COMPLETING PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL MAY ENROL AFTER SECONDARY APPRENTICESHIP SCHEMES OR CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES TO THEN ENROL IN TECHNICIAN COURSES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.
A IN CRAFT 5 AND
THE INTRODUCTION OF SIXTH FORM CLASSES IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN THE IN 1992 ALLOWS ELIGIBLE SECONDARY 5 GRADUATES TO ENROL EITHER
IN THEIR OWN OR OTHER ENGINEERING STREAM OR THE COMMERCIAL STREAM
CAN HAVE AVENUES TO PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS SO THAT CAPABLE STUDENTS
OTHER STUDIES
OR UNIVERSITIES
OTHER
TECHNOLOGICAL
OR
PURSUE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
IN
BROADENED SIXTH
POST-SECONDARY
OPPORTUNITIES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED THROUGH A
VARIOUS ACQUIRE
FORM CURRICULUM FOR STUDENTS TO PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.
AT PRESENT, 19 OF THE 26 PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS OFFER SIXTH FORM CURRICULUM.
AN
"PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION AIMS TO DEVELOP AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, ETHICAL, AESTHETIC, ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF LIFE AND HUMAN PROGRESS, THE MEANING OF WORK TEAM WORK AND AN APPRECIATION OF THE ATTITUDE, CO-OPERATION AND
THE SPOKESMAN SAID. INDIVIDUAL'S PARTICULAR CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY,
COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED VIA THE RESPECTIVE PRIMARY SCHOOLS BY DECEMBER 15, 1994.
PUPIL'S
FOR
FOR
OF
"PARENTS MAY WISH TO KNOW THAT ONCE THEIR CHILDREN ARE SELECTED
ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION TO A PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL, THEY
UNSUCCESSFUL HOWEVER, ALLOCATION TO OTHER
CANDIDATES FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS ARE STILL ELIGIBLE SCHOOL PLACES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
SCHOOLS.
"
/HE SAID