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MONDAY, MAY 23, 1994

NON-GRADUATE TEACHER ASSESSMENT RESULTS ANNOUNCED

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THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (MONDAY) THAT 90 OUT OF 137 CANDIDATES HAD PASSED IN THE SECOND CYCLE OF THE NON-GRADUATE TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS ASSESSMENT (NGTQA) EXAMINATION HELD BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND APRIL THIS YEAR.

THE PASSING RATE WAS 66 PER CENT, COMPARED WITH 52 PER CENT LAST YEAR.

"THE 1994 ASSESSMENT RESULTS ARE ENCOURAGING, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID.

CANDIDATES, WHETHER

LETTERS OF NOTIFICATION HAVE BEEN SENT TO THEY HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE EXAMINATION OR NOT.

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THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT OUT OF 90 SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES, WERE QUALIFIED TO USE CHINESE AS THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION WHILE 19 COULD TEACH IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE.

NINETEEN CANDIDATES PASSED ALL THREE PARTS OF THE EXAMINATION.

A TOTAL OF 71 PASSED PARTS I AND II.

PART 1 OF THE EXAMINATION IS TO TEST THE CANDIDATES ON GENERAL EDUCATION, PART 11 ON THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION AND PART II, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE NGTQA SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE EDUCATION COMMISSION REPORT NO. 5 TO IDENTIFY A WIDER POOL OF POTENTIAL NON-GRADUATE TEACHERS WITH QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING OBTAINED OUTSIDE HONG KONG.

CANDIDATES WHO FAILED IN ONE SUBJECT IN A SITTING MAY APPLY RESIT THE EXAMINATION ONCE ON THE SUBJECT IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS.

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HOWEVER, A CANDIDATE WHO FAILS IN TWO OR MORE SUBJECTS IN SITTING OR FAILS IN THE SAME SUBJECT IN TWO ATTEMPTS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPEAT THE WHOLE EXAMINATION.

ON THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION OF 1993 NGTQA CANDIDATES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID 61 SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES HAD REPORTED HAVING OBTAINED TEACHING APPOINTMENTS.

IN ADDITION, 21 CANDIDATES WOULD BE EMPLOYED BY THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AS TEACHERS IN GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID AMONG THE 23 SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES WHO PASSED ALL THREE PARTS OF THE 1993 NGTQA EXAMINATION, 18 WERE UNDERGOING SUPERVISED PRACTICAL TEACHING.

THEY WOULD BE GIVEN QUALIFIED TEACHER STATUS ON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE SUPERVISED TEACHING PERIOD.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT ON THE WHOLE, THE TEACHING PERFORMANCE OF TEACHERS QUALIFIED THROUGH THE NGTQA SCHEME WAS SATISFACTORY.

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