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to prepare them for responsible adult living. In this connection it

should be particularly noted that there is at present an acute shortage

of social workers available for this work.

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All secondary schools are encouraged to provide careers

guidance for their pupils by nominating a member of staff as careers

master (or mistress) and ensuring that he has sufficient time and

resources at his disposal to carry out his tasks effectively. The

Association of Careers Masters and Mistresses exists to give cohesion

to this arrangement and a Careers Officer is employed by the Education

Department to co-ordinate and generally promote careers education, as

well as serving as secretary to the Association. In addition, the Youth

Employment Advisory Service of the Labour Department provides careers

information for students and young people by means of talks, seminars,

pamphlets and a monthly newsletter; it also operates two careers

information centres. The Labour Department holds a major careers

exhibition each year, together with several mobile mini-exhibitions.

The Education Department recognises that careers guidance will become

increasingly important as secondary education expands and children with

widely varying abilities and aptitudes are brought face to face with

the whole spectrum of employment and further education. The resources

available at present within the Education Department for careers guidance

are far from adequate for this task and the Department intends to accord

a higher priority to the development of the service over the next few

years.

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The Overseas Students and Scholarships Section of the Education

Department helps students who wish to study overseas by providing

information and advice on educational establishments in

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