CO129-503-6 Vacancies for schoolmasters- difficulty in filling posts- terms of appointment and service 17-3-1927 - 15-11-1927 — Page 74

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on his return to liong Kong.

13. Briefly, the main points are

the se.

In the first place it has been

found by experience in recruiting for

Educational Departments in other

Colonies that, under post-war condition,

it is impossible to secure a sufficient

supply of recruits of a suitable stamp

and education, if the possession of a

diploma in education or of previous

teaching experience is insisted on.

proportion of such men may, it is true,

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be secured in any year, but for the

majority of appointments it is necessary

to rely on securing young men of the

right stamp as soon as they take their

degrees at the University and before they

have started on a career in this country

or elsewhere.

Such men must either be

sent out to gain their experience in the

Department for which they are selected or,

if it is considered essential to give

them previous training in educational

matters, such training must be given

them