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a permitted teacher is thus one imposed by law; it will be seen

from the prescribed qualifications that neither a registered teacher

nor a permitted teacher is required to possess a teacher-training

qualification before he can teach. The requirement only ensures that

he has certain minimum academic qualifications.

As

2.43 Teachers in government and government-aided schools

explained elsewhere in this report, government schools are exempt

from the Ordinance and government teachers are employed according

to conditions of service and details of post prescribed by the

Secretary for the Civil Service. These vary according to the grade

of the teacher concerned: in general, however, the minimum qualification

required for employment as a non-graduate teacher is a teacher's

certificate from a college of education, and that for employment as

a graduate is a degree from a Hong Kong or British university (or

the equivalent): graduates are eligible for promotion beyond the

initial grade only if they possess a Diploma in Education or the

equivalent. Thus, although government teachers are not required to

apply for registered teacher status, their qualifications would

make them eligible for registration if they were employed in the

non-government sector. In the aided sector, teachers are employed

according to salaries and conditions of service set out in the

various Codes of Aid, which prescribe "the rules and conditions

with which the Government of Hong Kong promotes education by means

of grants to such

schools as may be approved for this purpose

by the Director of Education.

In general, the qualifications of

teachers in aided schools are in line with those of their government-

school counterparts.

The employment "net" from which aided schools

may recruit teachers is, however, somewhat wider than that for