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THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1979

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THE C.D.C. PREVOCATIONAL SUBJECTS COMMITTEE HAS SUCCEEDED IN COMPLETING 15 CONTENT SYLLABUSES IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL GRAPHICS, CONSTRUCTION WITH WOOD AND INTERIOR DECORATION, FOOD AND RELATED HOTEL SERVICES, TEXTILES AND COMMERCIAL STUDIES, ALL OF WHICH HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR FIRST YEAR EXEMPTION OF CRAFT COURSES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

ANOTHER SPEAKER AT THE SEMINAR, MR. DAN WATERS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (TECHNICAL), SAID THAT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE SYLLABUSES SHOULD MARRY UP CLOSELY WITH THOSE OF PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS.

*WE WANT THE SYLLABUSES OF THE VARIOUS TECHNICAL SUBJECTS TAUGHT IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, IN THEIR THREE-YEAR COURSES, TO COVER APPROXIMATELY WHAT WE WOULD TEACH IN THE FIRST YEAR OF A RELATED PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSE IN A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE,+ MR. WATERS SAID.

THIS WILL ENABLE ANY STUDENT WHO HAS COMPLETED A COURSE IN A PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL, IN SUFFICIENT DEPTH, TO ENTER DIRECT TO THE SECOND YEAR OF A RELATED PART-TIME DAY-RELEASE COURSE. LIKEWISE SIMILAR EXEMPTION IS ALSO GIVEN FOR PART-TIME EVENING COURSES.

MR. WATERS ALSO ASSURED THAT THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTES WOULD BE PLEASED TO ACCEPT FUTURE FORM V LEAVERS OF PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS INTO TECHNICIAN COURSES AND TO GIVE EXEMPTIONS TO THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE ADEQUATELY COVERED A SUBJECT IN SUFFICIENT DEPTH.

THE 200-ODD PARTICIPANTS AT THE SEMINAR, WHICH COMPRISED HEADS AND SUBJECT TEACHERS FROM THE 13 PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS LATER BROKE UP INTO SMALL WORKING PARTIES FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION AND FOR AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE COMMON SYLLABUSES.

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