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Supplementary to LegCo Question No. 6

in Legislative Council on 29 May 1985

Mrs. Chow:-

Sir, what accounts for the high turnover and wastage rate of

graduate teachers in the aided and private secondary schools,

and what action does Government intend to take to remedy the

situation?

Director of Education:-

Sir, as for the aided schools, the percentages in fact were

decreasing over the last two years, and an overall percentage

of 15.8 per cent to 12.5 per cent, and so far we have no

particular problem in keeping and recruiting new teachers in

aided schools. As for private schools, again the same trend

is established, from 32.4 per cent in 81/82 to 28% in the

year after. Again this is the problem which is common in

public schools with their own independence. It is not

considered necessary to retain teachers or to have rules for

them in this particular category.

Mrs. Chow:-

Sir, while accepting that perhaps the Education Department

does not have the necessary statistics which I ask for, wouldn't

the Director of Education agree that figures of two years would

hardly indicate a trend, and that the percentages that we are

looking at would warrant some conern, and would the Director

and

his department be keeping a close watch on the situation,

as information from the ground seem to indicate that there is

a groundswell of dissatifaction from young graduate teachers?