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SUNDAY, JULY 31, 1977

ALL REDUNDANT AIDED PRIMARY TEACHERS FOUND JOBS

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S PLACEMENT SERVICE HAS FOUND ALTERNATIVE TEACHING POSTS FOR ALL REDUNDANT AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS.

OF THE 444 TEACHERS WHO REGISTERED IN MAY, 400 WERE PLACED, 34 WERE SUBSEQUENTLY ABSORBED BY VACANCIES IN THEIR OWN SCHOOLS) TWO FOUND JOBS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THREE DECLINED ASSISTANCE FOR PLACEMENT AND FIVE DECLARED THAT THEY WERE GOING OVERSEAS.

MR. TANG YAN. SENIOR EDUCATION OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE SERVICE, SAID TODAY HE WAS DELIGHTED THAT NOT A SINGLE REDUNDANT AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER WAS OUT OF A JOB.

HE THANKED THE SCHOOL AUTHORITIES CONCERNED FOR THEIR CO- OPERATION IN MAKING THE PLACEMENT SERVICE SUCH A GREAT SUCCESS.

SINCE 1975, WHEN THE PLACEMENT SERVICE WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED, ALL REDUNDANT TEACHERS IN AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN PLACED IN ALTERNATIVE POSTS. IN 1975, 187 TEACHERS WERE PLACED, AND ANOTHER 165 WERE FOUND ALTERNATIVE POSTS LAST YEAR.

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