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Wednesday, November 28, 1973

TEMPORARY COLLEGE FOR TRAINING TECHNICAL TEACHERS

Large Numbers To Be Trained

A temporary College of Education for training technical teachers

will commence operations in September 1974 in the Morrison Hill Primary

School.

Announcing this in Legislative Council this afternoon, the

Director of Education, Mr. J. Canning said that approval was given recently

for the financial commitment involved in reprovisioning the school for

this purpose.

"This represents an important step forward and one which will, I

am sure, be welcomed by the public," Mr. Canning said.

He pointed out that much of the expansion in secondary education

outlined in the Green Paper would be in the secondary technical field.

"This will necessitate training a very large number of technical

teachers, certainly more than the present facilities at the Morrison Hill

Technical Institute can hope to produce."

The Director reported that enrolments at the other Colleges of

Education had continued to rise. In September 1973 enrolments for full-

time courses were 1,378 compared with 1,227 last year and for part-time

courses were 1,666 compared with 1,278.

"Full-time courses, 'Mr. Canning said, "are being revised to provide

a greater emphasis on preparation for teaching at secondary level and the

quality of training is also being reviewed."

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