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is not conducted on a regular basis, the Green Paper proposes that

intensive in-service courses should be organised for school heads,

covering school administration, leadership, staff relationships, accounting,

curriculum planning and development, extra-curricular activities, remedial

teaching, visits to other primary schools and other relevant topics and

activities. It is thought that if the courses are to be effective they

should involve all government and aided primary school heads and be

conducted in small groups wherever possible. In the primary sector,

successful completion of such a course would then be made a condition of

promotion to Head. The Education Departinent is now taking steps to

establish a training unit which will be responsible for this type of

training, together with that of secondary principals and other key

personnel in education. The Green Paper also notes that because the

effectiveness of any school probably depends more on the calibre of the

head teacher than any other single factor, it is open to question whether

the Director of Education should in future take a more active part in

the procedures for the appointment of heads: certainly, the current

procedures need reviewing.

Training of graduate teachers

6.32

For the

Initial teacher training of university graduates is at present

confined to the two universities in their Schools of Education. In the

Chinese University, the School offers a one-year full-time course and a

two-year part-time course leading to the Diploma in Education.

convenience of serving teachers, two types of part-time course are

provided a part-time evening course and a part-time day course (classes

mainly given at weekends during the year in addition to the summer school

holidays). Applicants must be graduates of recognised universities;

those applying for the part-time courses must also be serving secondary

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