CO129-591-1 Hong Kong University Advisory Committee- recommendations 10-1-1944 - 5-12-1944 — Page 52

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14. In view of the primary importance of providing an adequate number of the right type of suitably trained teachers we would emphasise not only the need for the revival of pre-war facilities for training teachers but also for their expansion to meet the increased needs and opportunities of the future. We make, therefore, the following detailed recommendation in this respect.

HONG KONG

(1) The Northcote training college for teachers should be

re-established as soon as possible.

(II)

(1),

The Fraining of teachers at R.C. should be re-organised so as to introduce

A hostel should be provided at which all students at the college should be expected to resião. We realise that there may be economic factors which may tend to prevent the realisation of this aim but we attach so much importance to it that we recommend that the cost of living at the hostel should be kept to a minimum, If necessary by Government subsidy.

The possibility of providing teachers for work in China should be kept in view and to that end we recommend that efforts should be made to secure tae recognition by the Chinese Ministry of Education of the certificate granted to teachers trained at the Northeste college, particularly on the vernacular side.

The uber of training centres for teachers in the rural districts of the New Territories should be increased and the curricula at such centres should be closely related to the requirements of an agricultural community.

MALAYA

facies College should be re-organised FOT

raining of tesdbers for secondary schools.

as re-organisation sheat solide the atroduciica of facilities for teaches in Malay,

(no ra) and Tamil with a view to

(2) the providing of a supply of men and women

facilities for Kaching in Malay, Mandarin and Tamil with the

object of layers G11(6)`

suitably trained to become members of the staffs of training collages for teachers for vemecular schools;

providing

ten gnový giant fully qualified teachers for the teaching of the Vernaculars in certain secondary schools in which would be

encouraged the study of the literature and culbare of the principe vernaculars by those who wish for and can profit by such instruction;

(c) enabling, as soon as possible, students at

English secondary schools to take their own language as one of their principal subjects.

(11) Por the training of teachers for the primary vernacular

schools, the initial action required will be:

(1) The re-establishment of

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