19
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1977
ASSISTANT INSPECTORS (GRADUATE) OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS
*******
THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, THE HON, KENNETH TOPLEY TOLD THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY THAT NO SPECIAL TRAINING WAS STIPULATED IN A RECENT NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT FOR ASSISTANT INSPECTORS (GRADUATE) OF SPECIAL SCHOOLS BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF CANTONESE SPEAKING PERSONNEL WITH SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION WAS LIMITED.
REPLYING TO REV. THE HON. JOYCE BENNETT, THE DIRECTOR SA ID THIS WAS DONE IN ORDER TO OPEN THE FIELD OF RECRUITMENT AS WIDE AS POSSIBLE TO ALL INTERESTED QUALIFIED TEACHERS WITH OR WITHOUT SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS.
HE EMPHASISED THAT IF THE CANDIDATE SELECTED DID NOT HAVE THE SPECIALIST QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED, HE WOULD BE GIVEN SPECIALIST TRAINING PRIOR TO TAKING UP HIS DUTIES.
+AT THE SELECTION BOARD A CANDIDATE'S ORDINARY AND SPECIALIST TEACHING QUALIFICATIONS, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE WILL BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER WITH HIS MOTIVATION, PERSONALITY AND POTENTIAL FOR THE POST. IN THIS HIGHLY SPECIALISED FIELD OF EDUCATION THESE QUALITIES ARE AS IMPORTANT AS QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE,+ MR. TOPLEY SAID.
IN ANSWER TO ANOTHER POINT RAISED BY MISS BENNETT, THE DIRECTOR SAID: +ALL QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FOR THESE POSTS ARE VERY CAREFULLY INTERVIEWED BY A BOARD OF SPECIALISTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION.+
GREAT CARE WAS TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT ONLY CANDIDATES WHO WERE SUITABLE IN ALL RESPECTS FOR WORK IN SPECIAL EDUCATION WERE SELECTED.
MR. TOPLEY STRESSED THAT +NO OFFICER UNDERTAKES SPECIAL EDUCATION DUTIES UNTIL HE IS FULLY QUALIFIED IN HIS PARTICULAR SPECIAL IST FIELD.+
/20
Page 20Page 21
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.