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THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1993

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SCHOOLS TO BE "ON-LINE WITH TEACHER DATABANK

SCHOOLS WITH TEACHING VACANCIES WILL BE ABLE TO BE "ON-LINE" WITH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT'S DATABANK OF POTENTIAL PART- AND FULL- TIME TEACHERS IN THE THIRD PHASE OF THE "BE MY TEACHER" RECRUITMENT DRIVE WHICH BEGINS TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

THE RECRUITMENT DRIVE WAS LAUNCHED ON MAY 3 WITH THE CO- OPERATION OF FIVE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS AND THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY CORPORATION.

THE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE RECRUITMENT FORMS THROUGH THESE ORGANISATIONS, RESULTING IN RECORDING DETAILS OF NEARLY 3,000 POTENTIAL TEACHERS INTO THE COMPUTER IN THE RECRUITMENT INFORMATION OFFICE (TRIO).

STARTING FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY), PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WITH REGULAR OR TEMPORARY VACANCIES CAN OBTAIN POTENTIAL TEACHERS' INFORMATION THROUGH THE TRIO DATABANK.

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"SCHOOLS INTENDING TO RECRUIT TEACHERS FOR CERTAIN SUBJECTS CAN IN A FORM, ONE FOR EACH POST, AND RETURN IT TO TRIO BY FAX OR POST, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

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"AFTER RECEIVING THE REQUEST, TRIO WILL PROVIDE A COMPUTER PRINTOUT OF A LIST OF TEACHERS HAVING SUITABLE QUALIFICATIONS AND SUBJECT RELEVANCE TO SCHOOLS TO SELECT," THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.

TRIO WAS SET UP TO LAUNCH A LARGE-SCALE "BE MY TEACHER" RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN TO FULFILL THE OBJECTIVES FOR A BETTER SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT SET OUT IN THE GOVERNOR'S POLICY ADDRESS LAST OCTOBER.

HE SAID 780 MORE PRIMARY TEACHERS WOULD BE NEEDED TO MEET THE OBJECTIVE TO REDUCE THE PRIMARY 1 CLASS SIZE TO 35 THIS SEPTEMBER.

TRIO WOULD CONTINUE TO DISTRIBUTE AND RECEIVE APPLICATION FORMS FROM PEOPLE WITH QUALIFICATIONS RANGING FROM SECONDARY 5 WITH FIVE HONG KONG CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION PASSES, INCLUDING ENGLISH AND CHINESE TO TERTIARY GRADUATES TO HELP IN EDUCATING HONG KONG'S STUDENT POPULATION EITHER AS FULL OR PART-TIME TEACHERS.

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OF THE RETURNED FORMS, 355 WERE FROM PEOPLE WITH TEACHER'S CERTIFICATES, 186 WITH THE IN-SERVICE COURSE ON TEACHER TRAINING, 290 WITH SECONDARY 5 OR 7 EDUCATION, 599 WITH EITHER POLYTECHNIC OR APPROVED POST-SECONDARY COLLEGES, AND 986 WITH EITHER LOCAL OR OVERSEAS DEGREES

THE APPLICATION FORMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE RECRUITMENT INFORMATION OFFICE AT ROOM 1402 ON THE 14TH FLOOR OF WU CHUNG HOUSE, 213 QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, WAN CHAI, THE 19 DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICES AND VIA FAX BY SIMPLY DIALING THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF THE DEPARTMENT'S 24- HOUR AUTOMATIC TELEPHONE ENQUIRY SERVICE ON 891 0088.

THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT THE "BE MY TEACHER" RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN WILL INCLUDE AN ESSAY COMPETITION FOR PRIMARY AND STUDENTS AIMED AT ENHANCING THE IMAGE OF TEACHERS.

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