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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1985

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MORE GUIDANCE, COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR STUDENTS

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AND FACILITIES FOR SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS FOR THE PROMOTION OF GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING SERVICE FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE, THE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, MR MICHAEL LEUNG, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FIRST CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP ORGANISED BY THE HONG KONG ASSOCIATION OF CAREERS MASTERS AT SHANGRI-LA HOTEL, MR LEUNG SAID THE GOVERNMENT HAD ADVANCED BY ONE YEAR THE PROVISION OF THE FOURTH AND FIFTH ADDITIONAL TEACHERS FOR ALL GOVERNMENT AND AIDED SECTOR STANDARD-SIZE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

THE APPOINTMENT OF THE FOURTH TEACHER IN SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR AND THE FIFTH TEACHER IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR WOULD ENABLE THE SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE THE SPECIFIC SERVICES THEY PROVIDED FOR THEIR PUPILS, HE SAID.

+ONE OF THE TARGET SERVICES IS GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING FOR ALL SECONDARY PUPILS, MR LEUNG SAID.

TO ASSIST THE TEACHERS IN CARRYING OUT THIS IMPORTANT TASK, MR LEUNG SAID THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WOULD PROVIDE THEM WITH PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE AND THE CAREERS EDUCATION SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT WOULD PROVIDE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.

+ THE CAREERS EDUCATION SECTION WILL BE EXPANDED FURTHER FOR THE NE SERVICE, HE ADDED.

FOR THE PURPOSE OF HELPING TEACHERS TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES, MR LEUNG SAID THE CAREERS EDUCATION SECTION WAS ACTIVELY FORMULATING A +SUGGESTED GUIDELINES AND DUTY LIST FOR GUIDANCE TEACHERS AND THE IR TERMS+ AND THIS WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS SOON AS IT WAS FINALISED.

TURNING TO THE NEED OF TRAINING FOR GUIDANCE TEACHERS,

MR LEUNG SAID A ONE-YEAR CERTIFICATE COURSE IN COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE ORGANISED BY THE EXTRA-MURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG WAS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THE TRAINING OF SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN STUDENT GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING.

HE SAID THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT REFUNDED HALF OF THE TUITION FEE TO EACH SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPANT AT PRESENT AND FUNDS WERE BEING SOUGHT TO COVER THE FULL COST OF THIS COURSE BY THE DEPARTMENT IN THE FUTURE.

+ IF APPROVED, THE 1987 COURSE AND COURSES THERE AFTER WILL BE COMPLETELY FREE OF CHARGE FOR OUR TEACHERS,+ HE SAID.

IN ADDITION, THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WILL ORGANISE CONFERENCE, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS ON A REGULAR BASIS, TO RAISE THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARD OF THE GUIDANCE TEACHERS.

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