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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1993

TEACHER EDUCATION STANDARD WILL BE RAISED

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IN RESPONSE TO MEDIA ENQUIRIES REGARDING RECENT COMMENTS ON THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ENTRY REQUIREMENTS, THE FDUCATION DEPARTMENT ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:

"THE STANDARD OF TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMMES OPERATED BY THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION WILL BE RAISED SINCE MOST OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 5 TO UPGRADING THE COLLEGES WILL BE IMPLEMENTED SHORTLY BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND BY THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED PROVISIONAL GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION.

"THE REVISIONS FLEXIBILITY AND WIDENING POTENTIAL TEACHERS.

UNDER CONSIDERATION ARE AINED AT GREATER THE NET OF ELIGIBILITY ΤΟ ATTRACT MORE

"THE SUITABILITY OF THE APPLICANTS WILL NOT ONLY BE DETERMINED BY THE MINIMUM ENTRY QUALIFICATION, THEY MUST ALSO OBTAIN GOOD RESULTS IN THE SELECTION INTERVIEW AND PRACTICAL TESTS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR THEIR CHOICE OF ELECTIVE SUBJECTS, NORMALLY REQUIRED AT GRADE C OR ABOVE AF HKOFF.

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LAST YEAR, COMPETITION WAS VERY KEEN, WITH EVERY FIVE ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS BEING SELECTED COURSES.

ONLY ONE OUT OF FOR THE THREE-YEAR

"THE DEPARTMENT IS CONFIDENT THAT COLLEGE LECTURERS HAVE THE ABILITY AND PROFESSIONALISM TO TRAIN ALL SELECTED TEACHER TRAINEES

TO BE COMPETENT TEACHERS AFTER THEIR TRAINING IN THE COLLEGES. THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE STANDARD OF THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION WOULD BE LOWERED.

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UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNDEREMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FOR OCTOBER

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DECEMBER

DECEMBER 1992

THE SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT

WAS 2.1%. AND THE UNDEREMPLOYMENT

LATEST LABOUR

FORCE

RATE

FOR

OCTOBER RATE WAS 2.0% STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY

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ACCORDING ΤΟ THE (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE

THE PROVISIONAL SEASONALLY ADJUSTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR PERIOD NOVEMBER 1992 JANUARY 1993 WAS 2.0%. UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 1.9%.

WHILE THE PROVISIONAL

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THE LATEST FIGURES SUGGEST THAT BOTH THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNDEREMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINED GENERALLY STABLE IN RECENT MONTHS.

DURING THE PERIOD OCTOBER

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DECEMBER

1992, THE PERSONS, ADJUSTED FOR VARIATIONS IN THE NUMBER ESTIMATED AT 58,700, WHILE THE

UNEMPLOYED TIME JOB-SEEKERS,

WAS

UNDEREMPLOYED PERSONS WAS ESTIMATED AT 56,700.

AND

NUMBER OF OF FIRST- NUMBER OF

/THE UNEMPLOYMENT