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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1988

MEASURES TO BE IMPLEMENTED TO STRENGTHEN TEACHER TRAINING

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VARIOUS MEASURES DESIGNED ΤΟ STRENGTHEN THE TRAINING TEACHERS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE, SUBJECT PROVISION OF FUNDS WHERE APPROPRIATE BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (FRIDAY).

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THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR DOMINIC S.W. WONG, SAID THESE MEASURES WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE EDUCATION COMMISSION AND COVERED A WIDE RANGE OF TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAMMES, SOME OF WHICH HAD ALREADY COMMENCED.

"THE MEASURES APPROVED COMPRISE THE ENLARGED ENROLMENT CAPACITY OF THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS TO ENABLE 80 PER GRADUATE TEACHERS ΤΟ BR PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED BY 1991 PROVISION OF RELIEF TEACHERS SO THAT THE VOCATIONAL COUNCIL TEACHING STAFF WILL HE ABLE TO ATTEND TEACHER

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"THEY ALSO COMPRISE THE INTRODUCTION

OF A BACHELOR OF DEGREE COURSE IN PRIMARY EDUCATION FOR HEADS OF PRIMARY AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS AND THE PROVISION OF GRADUATE TEACHER POSTS TN SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR THE TEACHING OF PRACTICAL. TECHNICAL AND CULTURAL SUBJECTS,

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ALSO INCLUDED ARE REVISED ARRANGEMENTS FOR TEACHERS OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS TO ATTEND THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES HE SAID.

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MR WONG SAID PROGRAMMES WHICH INVOLVED THE EXPANSION OF EXISTING COURSES AND THE SETTING UP OF NEW COURSES AT THE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS WOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BY WAY OF GRANTS EARMARKED FOR THESE INSTITUTIONS, ESTIMATED AT $20 MILLION A YEAR.

"FUNDS FOR THE OTHER PROGRAMMES, AMOUNTING TO ABOUT $8 MALLION A YEAR, WILL BE SOUGHT IN THE USUAL WAY THROUGH THE ANNUAL BUDGET EXERCISE," HE SAID.

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