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SCHOOL YEAR
1988/89
1989/90
1990/91
1991/92
1992/93
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1994
NO. OF CHILDREN
5,574
5,997
7,119
8,157
8,634
HE POINTED OUT THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL COUNSELLING AND ASSESSMENT WERE PROVIDED BY SPECIAL EDUCATION TEAMS COMPRISING EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS, EDUCATIONAL COUNSELLORS AND PSYCHOLOGIST ASSISTANTS.
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS A TOTAL ESTABLISHMENT OF 59 POSTS FOR THESE TEAMS, COMPRISING 31 EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS, 15 EDUCATIONAL COUNSELLORS AND 13 PSYCHOLOGIST ASSISTANTS.
HE
SAID THE AVERAGE WAITING TIME FOR SERVICE TO NEW CASES WAS ABOUT SIX WEEKS.
"HOWEVER, IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED IF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT EXCEPTIONAL TREATMENT," MR LEUNG ADDED.
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GRADUATE TEACHER POSTS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS
A TOTAL OF 180 GRADUATE TEACHER POSTS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS WILL PROVIDED IN SEPTEMBER AND THE NUMBER WILL BE INCREASED TO 860 POSTS BY SEPTEMBER 1997.
MR
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MICHAEL LEUNG IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON CHEUNG MAN-KWONG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THE BREAKDOWNS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
GRADUATE
CUMULATIVE
1994/95
1995/96 1996/97 1997/98
180
216
360
860 POSTS
MR LEUNG SAID A DEGREE IN PRIMARY EDUCATION OR EQUIVALENT FROM AN APPROVED UNIVERSITY WOULD NORMALLY BE THE REQUIRED QUALIFICATION OF GRADUATE TEACHERS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS.
"A DEGREE IN A SPECIFIC SUBJECT RELEVANT TO THE PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM MAY ALSO BE CONSIDERED," HE SAID.
THE GRADUATE TEACHER POSTS, SAID MR LEUNG, WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS ON THE BASIS OF SCHOOL SIZE AND MODE OF OPERATION.
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