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SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 1994

APPLICATIONS UNDER THE TAVA SCHEME CAN BE MADE EITHER IN PERSON OR BY POST.

APPLICATION

FORMS MAY

BE OBTAINED AT THE INVESTIGATION UNITS OF REGIONAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS, DISTRICT OF THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION AND SWD'S TAVA AT ROOM 942, WU CHUNG HOUSE, 213 QUEEN'S ROAD EAST, WAN CHAI.

ACCIDENT

OFFICES SECTION

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TEACHER RECRUITMENT DRIVE IN PROGRESS

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FULL-TIME EDUCATION

PEOPLE WHO WISH TO JOIN THE TEACHING PROFESSION ON A OR PART-TIME BASIS ARE INVITED ΤΟ REGISTER WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S TEACHER RECRUITMENT INFORMATION OFFICE (T.R.1.0.).

THEIR PARTICULARS WILL BE ENTERED INTO A COMPUTER DATA BANK WHICH WILL THEN FORM A SOURCE OF POTENTIAL TEACHING FORCE TO SCHOOLS.

SAID: "THE SCHOOLS WITH

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT INFORMATION OFFICE AIMS TO ASSIST PRIMARY AND SECONDARY REGULAR OR TEMPORARY VACANCIES FOR OVER THREE MONTHS IN EMPLOYING SUITABLE TEACHERS TO FILL TEACHING VACANCIES ARISING FROM CREATION OF NEW POSTS OR NATURAL WASTAGE.

"SCHOOLS INTENDING TO RECRUIT TEACHERS FOR CERTAIN SUBJECTS CAN ALSO OBTAIN POTENTIAL TEACHERS' INFORMATION THROUGH THE T.R.I.O. DATA BANK BY FILLING IN A FORM, ONE FOR EACH POST, AND RETURNING IT TO T.R.I.O. BY FAX OR BY POST.

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WHEN T.R.1.0. RECEIVES THE REQUEST FROM THE SCHOOLS, IT WILL PROVIDE A COMPUTER PRINTOUT OF A LIST OF TEACHERS WITH SUITABLE QUALIFICATIONS AND SUBJECT RELEVANCE TO SCHOOLS FOR SELECTION, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.

"SCHOOLS WILL THEN ARRANGE INTERVIEWS WITH SUITABLE CANDIDATES ON THE LIST. WHETHER THE APPLICANTS WILL BE OFFERED APPOINTMENTS WILL BE SOLELY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE SCHOOL.

THE SPOKESMAN REMINDED SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS ΤΟ CANCEL THEIR REGISTRATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THE LIST OF CANDIDATES WERE ALWAYS KEPT UP-TO-DATE.

T.R.1.0. WAS SET UP TO LAUNCH A TEACHER RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN TO HELP FULFIL THE OBJECTIVE OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AS ANNOUNCED BY THE GOVERNOR IN HIS TWO POLICY SPEECHES.

ABOUT 620 TEACHING POSTS WILL BE INTRODUCED IN THE 1994/95 SCHOOL YEAR. SUCH AN INCREASE DOES NOT INCLUDE REPLACEMENTS ΤΟ FILL VACANCIES RESULTING FROM TEACHER WASTAGE.

SINCE THE RE-ACTIVATION OF T.R.1.0. IN MARCH. OVER 2,400 PERSONS HAVE REGISTERED WITH THE OFFICE.

/AMONG THESE