THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1977
EDUCATION BOARD MEMBERS VISIT TECHNICAL INSTITUTES
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HONG KONG'S FIRST TECHNICAL INSTITUTE AT MORRISON HILL AND THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE IN QUEEN'S ROAD EAST WERE VISITED TODAY BY FIVE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
THEY WERE MISS KO SIU-WAH, MR. T.C. CHENG, PROFESSOR M.A. BRIMER, MR. KAN MING-YA AND MR. S.F. BAILEY.
THE GROUP SAW STUDENTS AT WORK IN THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE'S FIVE DEPARTMENTS - COMMERCIAL STUDIES, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND GENERAL STUDIES.
DURING THE TOUR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD CHATTED WITH STUDENTS AND INSTRUCTORS.
THE MAIN FUNCTION OF THE INSTITUTE IS TO PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF FACILITIES FOR THE TRAINING OF CRAFTSMEN AND TECHNICIANS,
THE INSTITUTE HAS AN ENROLMENT OF 800 FULL-TIME, 1,200 PART-TIME DAY RELEASE AND MORE THAN 10,000 EVENING STUDENTS.
THE BOARD MEMBERS ALSO VISITED THE WORKSHOPS AND FACILITIES IN THE INSTITUTE USED BY THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE.
AFTER SPENDING SOME TWO HOURS AT THE INSTITUTE THEY WENT TO THE TECHNICAL TEACHERS' COLLEGE IN QUEEN'S ROAD EAST WHERE THEY SAW TEACHERS OF TECHNICAL SUBJECTS UNDERGOING TRAINING.
TODAY'S TOUR BY BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS IS THE TWELFTH IN THE CURRENT SERIES WHICH STARTED IN EARLY NOVEMBER LAST YEAR,
THE VISITS WERE ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT TO ENABLE MEMBERS TO FAMILIAR ISE THEMSELVES WITH DEVELOPMENTS IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, SPECIAL SCHOOLS, TECHNICAL
INSTITUTES, COLLEGES OF EDUCATION AND EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION.
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