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FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1979

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SURVEY ON QUALITY OF TECHNICAL INSTITUTE COURSES

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INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARDS AND EMPLOYERS IN GENERAL FEEL THAT THE COURSES OFFERED BY TECHNICAL INSTITUTES ARE GENERALLY RELEVANT TO THE ACTUAL NEEDS OF INDUSTRY, ACCORDING TO THE FINDINGS OF A RECENT SURVEY,

THE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED LAST AUGUST BY THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL TRAINING IN INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE HONG KONG TRAINING COUNCIL TO GAUGE THE PRACTICABILITY OF COURSES RUN BY TECHNICAL

INSTITUTES FOR EMPLOYEES IN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.

RESPONDENTS TO THE SURVEY ALSO FEEL THAT AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS ATTENDED A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE COURSE IS MORE USEFUL TO THE EMPLOYER THAN ONE WHO HAS NOT.

INDUSTRIES INCLUDED IN THE SURVEY ARE AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS AND SERVICING, BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING, CLOTHING, ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS, MACHINE SHOP AND METAL WORK ING) PLASTICS, PRINTING, SHIPBUILDING AND SHIP REPAIRS, TEXTILE AND HOTEL.

EIGHT OUT OF 10 INDUSTRY TRAINING BOARDS APPROACHED BY THE COMMITTEE GAVE THEIR VIEWS ON THE ISSUE WHILE SOME 850 OUT OF 1,000 EMPLOYERS RETURNED THE QUESTIONAIRES.

BASED ON THE RETURNED QUESTIONAIRES, 87.5 PER CENT OF THE EMPLOYERS AGREE THAT THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE COURSES ARE RELATED TO THE ACTUAL NEEDS OF INDUSTRY WHILE 80.3 PER CENT FEEL THAT AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS ATTENDED A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE COURSE IS MORE USEFUL THAN AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS NOT ATTENDED SUCH A COURSE.

THE COMMITTEE ON TECHNICAL TRAINING IN INSTITUTIONS COMPRISES REPRESENTATIVES FROM COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC, THE TWO UNIVERSITIES. THE HONG KONG INSTITUTION OF ENGINEERS, THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT AND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

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