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"When an aided primary school has acquired a quota, the supervisor of the school will appoint one eligible serving teacher with consistently good performance to fill the quota assigned," Mr Lau said.

"Guidelines on appointment to the Primary School Master/Mistress Grade have been sent to aided primary schools."

As recommended by the Working Group on Provision of Primary Graduate Teachers, serving teachers who possess a recognised Hong Kong first degree or equivalent are eligible for consideration for regrading.

"This means that the relevance requirement of teachers' qualification to primary education, special education or primary school curriculum has been waived," Mr Lau said.

He said in view of the limited number of primary graduate posts available, each school would not be provided with more than two posts in the 1996-97 school year, including those obtained in previous exercises.

"In allocating quotas to schools, priority will first be given to schools not yet provided with a graduate post, and then to schools already given one graduate post or one quota to appoint pre-service graduates," he said.

Supervisors of schools wishing to bid for a quota to regrade serving teachers should apply not later than June 19. Schools will be notified about the allocation of quota by early July to facilitate follow-up action on regrading of their teachers.

"If there are no eligible serving teachers, schools may also use this quota for recruiting pre-service local full-time graduates of Bachelor of Education in Primary Education," Mr Lau said.

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