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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1989

THIS WAS AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE CORRESPONDING YEAR, WHICH WAS JUST OVER FOUR PER CENT, HE ADDED.

FIGURE FOR LAST

OF

TEACHERS AND AS

"FROM THESE FIGURES IT IS CLEAR THAT THE SHORTAGE IS BY NO MEANS AS CRITICAL A PROBLEM AS THE QUESTION IMPLIES, RECENT PRESS REPORTS OF UNION CLAIMS HAVE SUGGESTED.

AND TO

SHORTAGE "NEVERTHELESS, A

DOES EXIST, AND NO ONE CAN BE COMPLACENT ABOUT THE NEED BOTH TO RETAIN EXPERIENCED TEACHERS ATTRACT ABLE PEOPLE INTO THE PROFESSION.

WHEN OF YOUNG

OF FULL EMPLOYMENT,

NUMBER AND THE

"THIS IS PARTICULARLY SO AT A TIME OTHER CAREER OPPORTUNITIES ARE INCREASING PEOPLE REACHING SCHOOL-LEAVING AGE IS DECLINING," HE SAID.

CONCERNING THE LIKELY FUTURE SUPPLY

SCHOOL OF QUALIFIED

IN THE TEACHERS, MR YEUNG SAID THAT ALTHOUGH APPLICATIONS FOR PLACES

PAST THREE YEARS, COLLEGES OF EDUCATION HAD BEEN DECLINING OVER THE THEY STILL GREATLY EXCEEDED THE PLACES AVAILABLE.

MORE THAN

CENT

HE SAID THAT THIS YEAR THERE WERE

FOUR APPLICANTS FOR EVERY FULL-TIME PLACE AND FOR PART-TIME COURSES ABOUT 17 PER OF APPLICATIONS FROM SERVING TEACHERS BAD TO BE TURNED AWAY.

ON THE OTHER HAND, ENROLMENT ON POST-GRADUATE TEACHER

FALLEN SLIGHTLY BELOW COURSES AT THE TWO UNIVERSITIES HAD THIS YEAR THE NUMBER OF PLACES AVAILABLE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE ADDED.

TRAINING

"THE OVERALL FIGURES I HAVE GIVEN CONCEAL CERTAIN PROBLEM AREAS TO WHICH WE ARE GIVING ATTENTION," MR YEUNG SAID.

EMPLOY

A "FOR EXAMPLE, SCHOOLS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES TEND TO

NON-STANDARD QUALIFICATIONS THAN HIGHER PROPORTION OF TEACHERS WITH SCHOOLS IN THE URBAN AREAS.

+

CONVENIENTLY

LOCATED SUCH TEACHERS

THERE MAY BE A NEED TO OFFER MORE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, TO HELP BECOME PROPERLY QUALIFIED.

"ALSO, CERTAIN SUBJECTS ARE SHORT OF

QUALIFIED TEACHERS, OF TRAINING ACTIVITY

BUT WHERE

WE ARE CONSIDERING THE EXPANSION APPROPRIATE.

"

COMMISSION INTENDED

то

TO THE

MR YEUNG ALSO SAID THE EDUCATION INVESTIGATE THE ROLE OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN RELATION TEACHING PROFESSION.

"I EXPECT THAT COMPREHENSIVE ADVICE ON THE SUBJECT WILL IN THE COMMISSION'S FIFTH REPORT, WHICH SHOULD THE END OF NEXT YEAR," HE ADDED.

BE PUBLISHED

EMERGE TOWARDS

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