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New arrangements for allocation of primary graduate posts
The Education Department today (Wednesday) announced new arrangements for the allocation of graduate teaching posts in aided primary schools in the 1996-97 school year.
The new arrangements followed a review by the Working Group on Provision of Primary Graduate Teachers, the findings of which were announced on Tuesday.
A Senior Education Officer, Mr K M Lau, said under the new arrangements, graduate teaching posts in the 1996-97 school year will be allocated in the form of two quotas - one for appointment of pre-service graduates and the other for regrading serving teachers.
Mr Lau said schools will be responsible for recruiting pre-service graduates or regrading their own graduate teachers.
"As recommended by the Working Group, 20 per cent of the posts created each year starting from the 1996-97 school year will be reserved for pre-service graduates to maintain the attractiveness of the teaching career at primary school level to good quality new teachers," Mr Lau said.
The Government has announced that 300 graduate teaching posts will be created in the 1996-97 school year. These will be made available to Government and aided primary schools (including primary special schools and the primary section of combined-level special schools).
"Based on the ratio of government primary schools to aided primary schools, the 300 posts will be apportioned to 18 government and 282 aided schools respectively." Mr Lau said.
"Among the 282 posts for aided schools, 56 will be reserved for appointment of pre-service graduates at entry rank.
"In view of the limited number of primary graduate posts available, each school will be restricted to a maximum of two posts in the 1996-97 school year, which includes posts already obtained in previous exercises."
Mr Lau said schools without any graduate posts may apply for one or both of the quotas, while schools already having one graduate post should apply for either one of the quotas only.
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