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TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1979

THE GEOTECHNICAL CONTROL OFFICE IS ALREADY CARRYING OUT A SURVEY OF THE WHOLE TERRITORY TO IDENTIFY ANY OTHER AREAS WHERE THERE ARE STEEP COLLUVIUM HILLSIDES. THE PRELIMINARY STUDY IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. IF AT ANY TIME IN THE COURSE OF THE STUDY, OTHER AREAS ARE DISCOVERED WHICH MAY BE AT RISK IF FURTHER EXTENSIVE EXCAVATIONS ARE UNDERTAKEN IN THEM. THE NEED TO IMPOSE SPECIAL BUILDING RESTRICTIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED IMMEDIATELY.

TEACHERS ASSURED OF JOBS

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SURPLUS GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS NEED HAVE NO FEARS FOR THE FUTURE, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION. MR. KENNETH TOPLEY TOLD THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS' UNION AT A MEETING TODAY (TUESDAY).

→THE CIVIL SERVICE HAS SUFFICIENT SUITABLE VACANCIES AND THEY NEED NOT BE OUT OF A JOB,+ MR. TOPLEY SAID.

+THERE ARE STILL OPENINGS FOR TEACHERS AS STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICERS AND. WHEN THOSE ARE FILLED, TEACHERS WHO MAY STILL BE SURPLUS TO OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS IN GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS CAN BE ASSURED OF JOBS IN THE CIVIL SERVICE AS CLERICAL OFFICERS, HE ADDED.

OUTLINING THIS FURTHER OPTION FOR GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, MR. TOPLEY SAID THAT THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE HAD CONFIRMED THAT TEACHERS WHO WISHED COULD TAKE SECONDMENT TO THE CLERICAL SERVICE, CARRYING THE IR PERSONAL SALARY SCALES WITH THEM AND THE RIGHT TO RETURN TO TEACHING IF AND WHEN THEIR SERVICES WERE REQUIRED AGAIN IN SCHOOLS. OR THEY MIGHT FIND FRESH CAREERS IN THE CLERICAL SERVICE.

→THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THESE GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE CIVIL SERVANTS AND WE ARE ASSURING THEM JOBS IF THEY WANT THEM, MR. TOPLEY SAID.

IN JULY 1977 IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT SOME 1,100 GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS MIGHT BE SURPLUS TO OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS BY SEPTEMBER 1980. TEACHERS IN THIS CATEGORY WERE URGED TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF OPPORTUNITIES IN OTHER EXPANDING AREAS OF EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE OR TO TAKE VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT WITH ADDITIONAL BENEFITS. 713 HAVE DONE SO OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING. OF THE 387 TEACHERS REMAINING IN THE ESTIMATED SURPLUS, A RECENT REVIEW HAS ESTABLISHED THAT JUST UNDER 100 NEEDLECRAFT AND HANDWORK TEACHERS WILL BE DIRECTLY CONCERNED BY SEPTEMBER 1980. A RECENT UPTURN IN ENROLMENT IN GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND DEMANDS FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH, MUSIC AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION (NORMALLY SHORTAGE AREAS) SHOULD ASSURE OTHERS OF CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT IN SCHOOLS.

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