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SUNDAY, MAY 6, 1979

SURVEY ON EMPLOYMENT OF TECHNICAL INSTITUTE GRADUATES

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FULL-TIME GRADUATES FROM TECHNICAL INSTITUTES LAST YEAR DID NOT EXPERIENCE DIFFICULTIES IN FINDING JOBS DESPITE AN INCREASE OF 400 GRADUATES AS COMPARED TO 1977, ACCORDING TO A SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,

+THE SURVEY, CONDUCTED REGULARLY SINCE 1975, IS TO HELP THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES ASSESS THE DEGREE OF ACCEPTANCE OF THEIR FULL-TIME GRADUATES BY INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY).

THE SPOKESMAN SAID QUESTIONNAIRES WERE SENT LAST NOVEMBER TO THE 1,414 FULL-TIME GRADUATES OF THE FOUR TECHNICAL INSTITUTÉS IN 1977-78.

HE SAID 887 STUDENTS RETURNED THE QUESTIONNAIRE, REPRESENTING A RESPONSE RATE OF 62.7 PER CENT.

ACCORDING TO THE RETURNS, 82 PER CENT OF THE GRADUATES WERE EMPLOYED AT THE TIME OF THE SURVEY= 15.1 PER CENT WERE PURSUING FURTHER FULL-TIME STUDIES AND THE REMAINING 2.9 PER CENT WERE NOT YET EMPLOYED.

OF THOSE IN EMPLOYMENT, 44.4 PER CENT HAD OBTAINED JOBS IN JULY, 1978 SOON AFTER THEY GRADUATED. THEIR CHIEF SOURCE OF EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION WERE PRESS ADVERTISEMENTS, TECHNICAL INSTITUTE CIRCULARS AND THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

THE RETURNED QUESTIONNAIRES ALSO SHOWED THE AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY FOR GRADUATES OF COMMERCIAL POST-SECONDARY COURSES WAS $931, AND THAT FOR GRADUATES OF COMMERCIAL POST-FORM 111 COURSES, $602.

GRADUATES OF TECHNICIAN DIPLOMA PROGRAMMES

RECEIVED AN AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY OF $1,147 AND GRADUATES OF CRAFT COURSES, $638.

SOME 46 PER CENT OF THE GRADUATES WHO WENT ON TO FURTHER FULL-TIME STUDIES CONTINUED TO STUDY IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES AND ABOUT 30 PER CENT ENTERED THE POLYTECHNIC.

ABOUT 90 PER CENT OF THOSE GRADUATES WHO HAVE SECURED EMPLOYMENT ARE CONTINUING THEIR STUDIES ON A PART-TIME BASIS.

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