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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1987

THE OPEN DAYS WILL BE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST ΤΟ PARENTS AND ΤΟ PRIMARY SIX LEAVERS WHO INTEND ΤΟ CONTINUE THEIR SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE PREVOCATIONAL STREAM.

STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE JUNIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION AT A PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL HAVE MANY OUTLETS. THEY CAN TAKE UP EMPLOYMENT IMMEDIATELY, ENTER APPROVED APPRENTICESHIP SCHEMES OR PROCEED TO SENIOR SECONDARY EDUCATION IN PREVOCATIONAL, GRAMMAR OR TECHNICAL SCHOOLS.

SECONDARY 5 GRADUATES ARE ELIGIBLE TO JOIN TECHNICIAN TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACQUIRING TECHNOLOGIST QUALIFICATIONS.

PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WILL START OPERATING SECONDARY 6-7 COURSES FROM 1991 TO ENABLE STUDENTS OF THESE SCHOOLS TO PURSUE THEIR MATRICULATION EDUCATION IN THE SAME SCHOOL.

PLANS ARE ALSO IN HAND TO BUILD 10 MORE PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE 14,000 MORE PLACES IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THIS WILL BRING THE NUMBER OF PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS ΤΟ 28 AND THE NUMBER OF PREVOCATIONAL PLACES TO 29,000 BY 1992.

COPIES OF A PAMPHLET SETTING OUT THE OBJECTIVES, FACILITIES IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN HONG KONG ARE THE DISTRICT OFFICES OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, TERRITORIES ADMINSTRATION AND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT.

THE 18 PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS WILL OPEN TO THE

SCHOOL HOURS ON THE FOLLOWING DATES:-

DECEMBER 2 AND 3

DECEMBER 3 AND 4

FUNCTIONS AND OBTAINABLE AT CITY AND NEW

PUBLIC DURING

CARITAS ST FRANCIS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL, AND CMA PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL.

CARITAS ST PAUL PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL, CARITAS ST JOSEPH PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL, COTTON SPINNERS ASSOCIATION PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL,

MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PREVOCATIONAL

TUEN MUN,

SCHOOL

MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL - SHA TIN, AND

THE TEXTILE INSTITUTE AMERICAN CHAMBER COMMERCE WOO HON FAI PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL.

OF

DECEMBER 3, 4 AND 5

CCC ROTARY PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL, AND MARDEN FOUNDATION CARITAS PREVOCATIONAL

-

CHAI WAN.

/DECEMBER 4 AND 5

SCHOOL