XN000022-1974-07-17 — Page 14

JULY 17, 1974

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THICK +TECHNICAL+ STUDENTS UZSED

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A FAIR PROPORTION OF HONG KONG'S KOST GIFTED YOUNG PEOPLE MUST CHOOSE A SECONDARY TECHNICAL. EDUCATION AS THEIR FIRST CHOICE BEFORE HONG KONG CAN ACHIEVE ITS ECOLONIC AND INDUSTRIAL TARGETS, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION CTECHNICAL), R. ANDREW KINGUELL SAID TODAY.

+THIS WOULD REPRESENT A REVOLUTION OF TOUCHT AMONG STUDENTS AND MANY TEACHERS,+ HE TOLD THE OPENING OF THE FIRST SEMINAR FOR TECHNICAL TEACHERS OF THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE. +IT IS A REVOLUTION WHICH IS URCENTLY NEEDED.+

MR. KINGWELL SAID IT WAS ESSENTIAL THAT AN ADEQUATE SUB- STRUCTURE OF SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, TECHNICAL INSTITUTUES AND PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS SHOULD BE PROVIDED AS A MATTER OF EXTREME URGENCY SO THAT SUITABLY QUALIFIED YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE COURSES AT THE POLYTECHNIC WHEN PHASE 1 OF ITS EXPANSION WAS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN TIME FOR THE 1976/77 ACADEMIC YEAR BY THEN THE POLYTECHNIC SHOULD BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING 6,000 DAY STUDENTS COMPARED WITH THE PRESENT 2.600 AS WELL AS 20,000 EVENING STUDENTS.

THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR SAID: +AS THE NEED WILL BE MUCH GREATER FOR TECHNICIANS AND SKILLED CRAFTSMEN THAN FOR TECHNOLOGISTS FOR WHICH THE POLYTECHNIC WILL MAINLY CATER, IT FOLLOWS THAT THE EXPANSION OF THE SUPPORTING TECHNICAL EDUCATION SERVICES MUST BE VERY CONSIDERABLE AND ON A DROAD FRONT.

+PUBLIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS TECHNICAL EDUCATION CANNOT BE CHANCED BY DECRLE OR EVEN BY SPEECH HAKING AND PROPAGANDA ALONE. WHAT REALLY MATTERS WILL BE THE QUALITY OF THE COUCATION PROVIDED. +THIS IN TURN DEPENDS UPON THE INSPIRATION AND THE ABILITIES AND THE EXPERTISE OF THE TEACHER.+

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS COLLEGE WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN HONG KONG-

TECHNICAL TEACHERS VOULD BE REQUIRED URGENTLY FOR THE TWO NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WHICH ARE DUE TO BE OPENED IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR. ONE OF THESE WILL BE AT KUAI CHUNG AND ONE AT KWUN TONG.

MORE TEACHERS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE NEW TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WHICH ARE DUE TO FOLLOW ONE AT CHEUNG SHA WAN IN 1976 AND ONE AT SAIL PO KONG IN 1977.

/+THE GREEN

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