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FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1983

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CAREERS EDUCATION CENTRE TO SERVICE PUPILS, PARENTS

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CAREERS EDUCATION IS FOR LIFE, MR COLVYN HAYE, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY) WHEN HE OPENED THE CAREERS EDUCATION CENTRE AT THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, LEE GARDENS, HONG KONG.

+IT IS IN THIS RECOGNITION THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL FACILITIES FOR CAREERS ADVICE AND GUIDANCE FOR PUPILS. PARENTS AND TEACHERS,+ MR HAYE NOTED.

THE CENTRE, WHICH WILL BE MATCHED BY ANOTHER SERVING KOWLOON BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WILL PROVIDE PERSONAL ADVICE AND CONSULTATION ON CAREERS MATTERS, AND A CAREERS LIBRARY THAT MAY BE DRAWN UPON BY PUPILS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS.

THE ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS AND MISTRESSES, WHICH NOW HAS 350 MEMBER SCHOOLS. WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED WITH A ROOM IN WHICH TO MOUNT AN ENQUIRY SERVICE EVERY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING FROM JUNE, WHEN EXAMINATION RESULTS BRING HUNDREDS OF ANXIOUS ENQUIRIES TO THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

+ IT IS VITAL THAT BOYS AND GIRLS GET CAREERS COUNSELLING BY THE AGE OF 15 BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN THEY MUST DECIDE WHETHER IT IS WORTH PURSUING AN ACADEMIC OR TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION,+ MR HAYE SAID.

TOO OFTEN ANXIOUS PARENTS FORCED THEIR CHILDREN INTO UNSUITABLE MOULDS OR INTO OVER-ACHIEVING, WHICH MEANT UNHAPPINESS AND FRUSTRATION. THIS IS WHY THEY TOO NEED CAREERS EDUCATION,+ MR HAYE SAID.

HE ADDED THAT THE CENTRE WOULD ALSO PROVIDE A FOCAL POINT FOR CAREERS TEACHERS TO MEET AND EXCHANGE IDEAS. +IT IS HOPED THAT MORE CAREERS TEACHERS WILL COME AND MAKE USE OF THE ABUNDANT MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN THE CENTRE,+ MR HAYE SAID.

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