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DAILY INFORMATION BULLETIN

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1975

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MORE ENROL FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSES

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TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS GRADUALLY GAINING WIDER RECOGNITION IN HONG KONG.

THIS IS REFLECTED IN THE RISING NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS AND ENROLMENT TO THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' TRAINING COLLEGE WHICH OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF PART-TIME AND FULL-TIME COURSES

IN TECHNICAL SUBJECTS.

THIS YEAR, THE COLLEGE RECEIVED 1,276 APPLICATIONS FOR THE VARIOUS COURSES FOR THE 1975/76 ACADEMIC YEAR. BECAUSE OF EXISTING LIMITATIONS, IT WAS ONLY ABLE TO ENROL 425 APPLICANTS 140 MORE THAN IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

OF THE TOTAL APPLICATIONS RECEIVED THIS YEAR, 516 WERE FOR EVENING COURSES AND 760 FOR DAY COURSES. A TOTAL OF 193 APPLICANTS FOR THE EVENING COURSES WERE ACCEPTED - MORE THAN DOUBLE THE NUMBER ACCEPTED LAST YEAR - WHILE 232 APPLICANTS FOR THE DAY COURSES WERE ACCEPTED, COMPARED WITH 198. IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

MR. PETER SMITH, PRINCIPAL OF THE COLLEGE, WELCOMED THE ENCOURAGING TREND AND SAID IT WAS REGRETTABLE THAT THE COLLÈGE COULD NOT OFFER MORE PLACES TO CATER FOR THE INCREASING NEEDS OF TECHNICAL TEACHERS TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN HONG KONG.

HE NOTED, HOWEVER, THAT PLANS WERE IN HAND TO EXPAND PRESENT FACILITIES ONCE THE COLLEGE MOVES TO ITS OWN PERMANENT PREMISES. AT PRESENT, IT IS HOUSED IN TEMPORARY QUARTERS OCCUPYING THE OLD MORRISON KILL GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL BUILDING IN VANCHAT AND USING WORKSHOPS AND OTHER FACILITIES IN THE MORRISON HILL TECHNICAL

INSTITUTE.

THE HONG KONG TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE WAS OPENED IN SEPTEMBER 1974 TO MEET THE GROWING INTEREST IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION

IN HONG KONG. ITS FUNCTION IS TO TRAIN TEACHERS OF TECHNICAL SUBJECTS SO THEY CAN ATTAIN THE NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS, TO TAKE UP POSTS IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, TECHNICAL AND PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, AND IN THE TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL SECTIONS OF CHINESE AND ANGLO-CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

IN GENERAL, TRAINING IS OFFERED TO STUDENTS WITH OR WITHOUT WORK EXPERIENCE IN THEIR CHOSEN FIELDS. THOSE WITHOUT EXPERIENCE ARE GIVEN SPECIFIC TRAINING IN SKILLS. DEVELOPMENT, WHILE TRAINING FOR THOSE WITH EXPERIENCE IS MAINLY GEARED TO THE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN TEACHING TECHNIQUES.

THE COLLEGE

· Issued by Government Information Services, Beaconsfield House, Hong Kong. Tel: 5-233191

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