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FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1982

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COURSE FOR STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICERS AND TEACHERS

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TEACHERS OF AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN STUDENT COUNSELLING CAN NOW APPLY FOR A THREE-MONTH FULL-TIME TRAINING COURSE IN STUDENT GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING.

THE COURSE, ORGANISED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, IS RUN BY THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC MAINE Y FOR NEWLY-RECRUITED STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICERS OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. A SMALL NUMBER OF PLACES, HOWEVER, HAVE BEEN SET AS IDE FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PASTORAL CARE, GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING,

THE COURSE, WHICH WILL START ON SEPTEMBER 15, IS AIMED AT PROVIDING COURSE MEMBERS WITH THE BASIC KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ON PERSONAL GUIDANCE, EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE AND VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE SO THAT THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT THEIR DUTIES COMPETENTLY.

THE COURSE WILL CONSIST OF CLASSROOM TEACHING, OBSERVATIONAL VISITS, SCHOOL ATTACHMENTS AND FIELD WORK PLACEMENT. IN GENERAL TERMS, THE COURSE CONTENT IS ENTIRELY RELEVANT TO THE WORK OF A STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICER AND WOULD BE EXTREMELY USEFUL FOR TEACHING STAFF, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY.

APPLICANTS MUST BE NOMINATED BY THEIR HEAD OF SCHOOL OR SUPERVISOR AND APPLICATIONS ARE TREATED ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE FOR SUPERVISORS OR HEADS OF SCHOOLS TO NOMINATE A TEACHER WHO HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH A STUDENT GUIDANCE OFFICER OR WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE WORK OF A PASTORAL NATURE IN THE IR SCHOOLS.

A SUPPLY TEACHER MAY BE APPOINTED TO REPLACE THE TEACHER WHO WILL ATTEND THE TRAINING COURSE AND THIS TEACHER WILL BE GRANTED FULL-PAY STUDY LEAVE TO ATTEND THE COURSE.

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE IN SHEK KONG

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A SECTION OF KAM SHEUNG ROAD NEAR SHEK TAU WAI VILLAGE IN SHEK KONG WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO TRAFFIC FROM MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY (AUGUST 15) TO 6 AM THE NEXT MORNING.

THIS IS TO ALLOW FOR A MILITARY EXERCISE TO TAKE PLACE.