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On balance it would seem that there are more advantages in re-opening the schools with Government aid, provided that suitably firm managements can be found. The private bodies which might be asked to do this are:-
The Sheng Kung Wui
The Hong Kong University Past Students Association
The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
The Jesuits
The Church of Christ in China
Despite the disadvantage of appearing to promote
religion in place of communism, the religious bodies have the advantage of being well-established and experienced in administering schools.
10.
Teaching Staff
(a)
The maximum number of teachers required intially (i.e. assuming that all nine ex-communist schools'
secondary students enrol) would be as follows:-
82 certificated masters (non-graduates)
82
assistant masters
6
assistant masters
9
headmasters
179
TOTAL
(preferably graduates) (graduates) (graduates)
(b) It would not be possible to find all teaching staff
in a short space of time. It would be impossible to find a significant number of them during normal term time. Thus the recruitment of teachers would have to be one of the earliest steps taken,
and this is best carried out during one of the longer breaks between school terms.
(c)
It might be necessary to offer extra financial inducements to attract qualified teachers into the new posts. Since the schools would "waste
out" this is a feasible proposition.
(a) Special administrative arrangements would be
needed for the recruitment, and selection and allocation of teachers for the new posts.
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