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SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 1985

THESE INITIAL COURSES OF TEACHER EDUCATION ARE TO TRAIN STUDENTS TO BECOME QUALIFIED TEACHERS TO TEACH GENERAL SUBJECTS AT PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL AND TO TEACH TWO ELECTIVE SUBJECTS UP TO FORM 3 LEVEL IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

ALL COURSES WILL COMPRISE A COMPULSORY PROGRAMME OF STUDIES AND TWO SUBJECTS ON AN ELECTIVE BASIS WHICH EACH STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO FOLLOW.

APPLICANTS FOR THE THREE-YEAR ENGLISH COURSE SHOULD NORMALLY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SECONDARY EDUCATION IN AN ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL. THOSE FOR THE CHINESE COURSE SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED THE IR SECONDARY EDUCATION IN A CHINESE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THEY SHOULD BE 17 YEARS OLD BY THE END OF THIS SEPTEMBER.

EACH APPLICANT SHOULD HAVE ATTAINED AT LEAST GRADE E IN SIX SUBJECTS AT THE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION (HKCEE) INCLUDING AT LEAST GRADE C IN TWO SUBJECTS AT ONE SITTING, PLUS AT LEAST GRADE D IN ONE OTHER SUBJECT.

IN ADDITION, THE SIX SUBJECTS SHOULD INCLUDE CHINESE LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

THOSE WHO APPLY FOR THE TWO-YEAR COURSE SHOULD HAVE COMPLETED TWO YEARS OF EDUCATION BEYOND THE LEVEL OF FORM 5 IN AN ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL AND SHOULD BE 18 YEARS OF AGE BY THE END OF THIS SEPTEMBER.

APPLICANTS SHOULD HAVE ATTAINED AT LEAST GRADE E IN SIX DIFFERENT SUBJECTS INCLUDING CHINESE LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE AT HKCEE LEVEL IN ONE SITTING.

IN ADDITION, THEY SHOULD ATTAIN GRADE E OR ABOVE IN AT LEAST TWO SUBJECTS AT A-LEVEL IN THE HONG KONG ADVANCED LEVEL EXAMINATION (HKALE) PLUS AT LEAST GRADE D IN ONE OTHER SUBJECT AT HKCEE LEVEL.

APART FROM THAT, APPLICANTS WHO HAVE ATTAINED PUBLIC EXAMINATIO; RESULTS COMPARABLE TO HKCEE AND/OR HKALE MAY ALSO APPLY FOR ADMISSION IN THE COURSES OFFERED BY THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION.

APPLICATION FORMS FOR ADMISSION ARE NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE THREE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT LES GARDENS, HYSAN AVENUE, CAUSEWAY BAY, AND THE KOWLOON SUB-OFFICE AT 405, NATHAN ROAD.

THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT APPLICATION FORMS - ONE FOR THE THREE-YEAR COURSE (ENGLISH), ONE FOR THE THREE-YEAR COURSE (CHINESE) AND ONE FOR THE TWO-YEAR COURSE (ENGLISH).

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