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WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1975

APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR NEW DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY COURSES

THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHENS' COLLEGE IS INVITING APPLICATICUS FOR ADMISSION TO TWO NEW GOULSES ON DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY UNCH VILL OPEN IN SEPTUMDER TIUS YEAR,

APPLICATION FORNS ARE AVAILABLE FRO) THE TECHNICAL BRANCH OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, DONAVENTURE HOUSE, 213 FLOOR, 91 LEIGHTON ROAD, HONG KONG. ALL COMPLETED FORNS SHOULD DE RETURNED BY JUNE 7.

13 A SPECIALIST VIIRD YEAR COURSE ONE OF THESE COURSES OPEN TO PRESENT SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, AS WELL AS TO TWO-YEAR FULL-TIME TRAINSÐ TEACHERS SERVING IN GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SCHOOLS VIO ARE TEACHING OR LIKELY TO DE ASKED TO TEACH TECHNICAL SUBJECTS, OR DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

THE OTHER COURSE A TWO-YEAR FULL-TIME RE-TRAINING COURSE IS OPEN ONLY TO IN-SERVICE GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS. APPLICANTS SHOULD PREFERABLY HAVE DEEN TRAINED TO TEAGU SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS OR ART AID CRAFT AND HAVE A GENUINE INTEREST IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

DECAUSE OF LIMITED FACILITIES AT THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE,

CANDIDATES THE ENROLMENT FOR EACH COURSE IS LIMITED TO ABOUT 20. WILL DE SELECTED DY HITERVIEW.

→IN-SERVICE TEACHERS SELECTED TO ATTEND THESE COURSES WILL BE GIVEN FULL SALARIES AND NORMAL INCREMENTS AS IF THEY HAD DEEN POSTED TO SCHOOLS,◊ A SPOKESHAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

+THEIR SENIORITY VILL NOT DE AFFECTED AND COURSE FEES WILL ALSO DE WAIVED,* HE SAID,

SECOND-YEAR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOW AT THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND WHO WILL ATTEND THE THIRD-YEAR COURSE ARE REQUIRED TO PAY A TUITION FEE OF $400 A YEAR, DUT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WILL BE GIVEN ACCORDING TO NEED.

ON FIRST APPOINTMENT TO GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS, CERTIFICATED MASTERS AND MISTRESSES VIJO HAVE COMPLETED THREE, YEARS · OF FULL-TIME TEACHER TRAINING AT A COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ARE AWARDED TVO INCREMENTS IN THE SALARY SCALE, WHICH IS $1,040 A MONTH.

DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY WILL BE ONE OF THE NEW SUDJECTS OF THE COMMON CORE CURRICULUM FOR JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHICH WILL COME INTO EFFECT IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR.

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