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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1979

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SCHOOLS URGED TO PROVIDE CAREERS GUIDANCE

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SCHOOLS SHOULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE TO THEIR STUDENTS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

MANY SCHOOLS, HE NOTED, WERE ALREADY PROVIDING SUCH SERVICE AND IT WAS HOPED THAT SCHOOL HEADS WOULD CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THIS IMPORTANT WORK.

+THE CAREERS SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS READY TO ASSIST SCHOOLS TO ORGANISE CAREER ACTIVITIES FOR THE IR STUDENTS AND TO OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE THAT SCHOOLS MAY REQUIRE IN PROVIDING CAREER ADVISORY SERVICE TO THEIR STUDENTS,+ THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

SCHOOLS INTERESTED IN PROVIDING THIS SERVICE SHOULD CONSIDER APPOINTING ONE OF THEIR TEACHERS AS A CAREERS MASTER PREFERABLY ONE WHO SHOWS GENUINE CONCERN FOR THE WELL-BEING OF YOUNG PEOPLE, AND IS IN FREQUENT CONTACT WITH UPPER FORM PUPILS.

ONCE APPOINTED, THE TEACHER SHOULD JOIN THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS WHICH IS PLAYING AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PROMOTING CAREER WORK IN SCHOOLS AND HAS PRODUCED MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION ON EDUCATION AND OCCUPATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN HONG KONG.

+SCHOOL HEADS SHOULD ENSURE THAT THEIR CAREERS MASTERS BE ALLOTTED A FEW ADDITIONAL NON-TEACHING PERIODS PER WEEK TO ENABLE THEM TO INTERVIEW INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS, TO COMPILE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS' CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS, TO FILE CAREERS LITERATURE AND INFORMATION AND TO ORGANISE CAREER ACTIVITIES WITH THE AIM OF FAMILIAR ISING STUDENTS WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF CAREERS AND DIFFERENT AVENUES OF STUDY AND TRAINING.

+THEY SHOULD ALSO BE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND SEMINARS TALKS AND VISITS ARRANGED BY THE ASSOCIATION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S CAREERS OFFICER, MISS ROSE LAU, IS ALSO THE SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS.

SCHOOLS WISHING TO JOIN THE ASSOCIATION SHOULD SUBMIT THE NAME OF THEIR CAREERS MASTER TO MISS LAU TOGETHER WITH A CHEQUE FOR $10 AS ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, MISS LAU CAN BE CONTACTED AT TEL: 5-778311 EXT. 239.

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