MEDIESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1974.
MR. KINGWELL SAID: AN EXCELLENT DEGINNING HAS BEEN MADE AND THE COLLEGE IS ALREADY STAFFED BY A TEAM OF EXPERIENCED TEACHERS WHO ARE QUALIFIED IN A VIDE VARIETY OF TECHNICAL AND EDUCATIONAL DISCIPLINES.
+TECHNICAL EDUCATION CANNOT REALLY BE DIVORCE) FROM OTHER FORMS OF EDUCATION. WE LIVE IN A TECHNOLOGICAL AGE. THEREFORE, IN ORDER TO HELP PEOPLE TO LIVE IN A MODERN SOCIETY, ALL EDUCATION SHOULD HAVE A TECHNICAL ELEMENT. IT IS WHEN THE TECHNICAL ELEMENT BEGINS TO FORM A SIGNIFICANT PART THAT WE USUALLY LABEL EDUCATION AS TECHNICAL'.+
THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR SAID IT WAS A GOOD THING TO INTRODUCE TECHNICAL SUBJECTS INTO SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND HENCE THE DEVELOP- NENT OF THE SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.
+IT IS EXPECTED, HE SAID, THAT MANY OF THE GRADUATES FROM A SECONDARY TECHNICAL SCHOOL WILL WISH TO TAKE UP EMPLOYMENT IN THE TECHNICAL FIELD AND SOME WILL PROCEED TO HIGHER STUDIES AT THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OR POLYTECHNIC OR UNIVERSITY.
+THIS WILL NOT, HOWEVER, NECESSARILY BE SO AND IT SHOULD BE REALISED THAT A SECONDARY TECHNICAL EDUCATION HAS A VALUE OF ITS OWN IN DEVELOPING THE INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY AND PERSONAL QUALITIES OF THE STUDENT.+
MR. KINGWELL STRESSED THAT TECHNICAL EDUCATION OF A MORE INTENSELY PRACTICAL NATURE COULD HAVE GREAT VALUE IN A PREVOCATION- AL SCHOOL OR IN A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE.
HE SAID PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION WAS AN EXCELLENT FORM OF EDUCATION FOR THOSE WHO WISHED OR WOULD HAVE TO TAKE UP EMPLOYMENT AFTER THREE YEARS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION.
THE GRADUATE OF A PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE HIS STUDIES FOR SPECIFIC TECHNICAL QUALIFICATIONS IN THE TRADE OF HIS CHOICE AT A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE,
+THE OVER SUBSCRIPTION FOR PREVOCATIONAL PLACES IS PROOF OF THEIR POPULARITY. THE SCHOOLS ARE STAFFED AND OPERATED BY DEDICATED PEOPLE AND THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB OF WORK, HE SAID.
PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, HE EMPHASISED, WERE AT PRESENT AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE FABRIC OF HONG KONG'S TECHNICAL EDUCATION SYSTEM, IN THE SAME WAY THAT TECHNICAL EDUCATION WAS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE EDUCATION SYSTEM OF A MODERN SOCIETY.
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