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PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS INVITE APPLICATIONS

1 PLACE PARENTS OF PRIMARY 6 PUPILS MAY APPLY FOR A SECONDARY FOR THEIR CHILDREN IN THE 1995-96 SCHOOL YEAR IN ONE OF HONG KONG'S 26 AIDED PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS FROM TOMORROW (FRIDAY) UNTIL DECEMBER 15,

ALL PRIMARY 6 PUPILS AN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID

ALLOCATION EXERCISE IN PARTICIPATING IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL PLACES THE 1995-96 SCHOOL YEAR WOULD RECEIVE A LEAFLET WITH APPLICATION FORMS FOR PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS FROM THEIR PRIMARY SCHOOLS.

PARENTS ARE ADVISED TO CONSIDER APPLICATION BASED ON THE NEEDS, INTEREST AND ABILITIES OF THEIR CHILDREN.

THAT NOTED

PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS THE SPOKESMAN

OFFERED AN TO THAT PROVIDED IN ALTERNATIVE FORM OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION

то GRAMMAR AND TECHNICAL SCHOOLS

MKET DIFFERENT

AND APTITUDES

INCLINATIONS OF STUDENTS.

1N ORDINARY GRAMMAR

IN ADDITION TO GENERAL SUBJECTS PROVIDED SCHOOLS, PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS OFFER TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS ART AND DESIGN; COMMERCE AND SUCH AS ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICITY; PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTS.

THEIR JUNIOR

SECONDARY EDUCATION

3 IN APPROVED

SECONDARY

STUDENTS COMPLETING PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL MAY ENROL AFTER SECONDARY APPRENTICESHIP SCHEMES OR CONTINUE THEIR STUDIES TO THEN ENROL IN TECHNICIAN COURSES IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTES.

A IN CRAFT 5 AND

THE INTRODUCTION OF SIXTH FORM CLASSES IN PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS IN THE IN 1992 ALLOWS ELIGIBLE SECONDARY 5 GRADUATES TO ENROL EITHER

IN THEIR OWN OR OTHER ENGINEERING STREAM OR THE COMMERCIAL STREAM

CAN HAVE AVENUES TO PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS SO THAT CAPABLE STUDENTS

OTHER STUDIES

OR UNIVERSITIES

OTHER

TECHNOLOGICAL

OR

PURSUE TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

IN

BROADENED SIXTH

POST-SECONDARY

OPPORTUNITIES WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED THROUGH A

VARIOUS ACQUIRE

FORM CURRICULUM FOR STUDENTS TO PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.

AT PRESENT, 19 OF THE 26 PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS OFFER SIXTH FORM CURRICULUM.

AN

"PREVOCATIONAL EDUCATION AIMS TO DEVELOP AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, ETHICAL, AESTHETIC, ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF LIFE AND HUMAN PROGRESS, THE MEANING OF WORK TEAM WORK AND AN APPRECIATION OF THE ATTITUDE, CO-OPERATION AND

THE SPOKESMAN SAID. INDIVIDUAL'S PARTICULAR CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY,

COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS SHOULD BE RETURNED VIA THE RESPECTIVE PRIMARY SCHOOLS BY DECEMBER 15, 1994.

PUPIL'S

FOR

FOR

OF

"PARENTS MAY WISH TO KNOW THAT ONCE THEIR CHILDREN ARE SELECTED

ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION TO A PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOL, THEY

UNSUCCESSFUL HOWEVER, ALLOCATION TO OTHER

CANDIDATES FOR CENTRAL ALLOCATION PREVOCATIONAL SCHOOLS ARE STILL ELIGIBLE SCHOOL PLACES IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

SCHOOLS.

"

/HE SAID