education.
health
on the subjects taught to children, and include
Vietnamese, mathematics, social studies and
However, although an interest in education
among both adults and children has been stimulated by
the knowledge that fluency in English an d regular
attendance at s ome form of education may help with a
resettlement place, the level of participation in
education has not always been encouraging: their initial
enthusiasm tends to wane quickly and it is of ten difficult to persuade them to continue. The Hong Kong
Government and UNHCR nevertheless hope to develop a
common education framework for adults which, like that
for children, can be introduced in all the closed camp s
on a coordinated basis.
Refugee involvement in teaching
8.
Refugees who are academically qualified are recruited by the voluntary agencies or the Correctional
Services Department as teachers and teaching assistants.
They are of course particularly helpful in the teaching
of Vietname se subjects. They are paid in accordance
with rates prescribed by the Correctional Services
Department and are provided with pre-service and
in-service teacher training About seventy refugees are working in this way in the closed camps (14 at Bowring,
20 at Chi Ma Wan, 23 at Hei Ling Chau and 11 at Cape
Collinson). The rest of the teachers are provided by
the voluntary agencies. ΑΠ teaching activities are
monitored jointly by the Hong Kong Government and UNHCR.
Vocational training
9. Rudimentary training programmes covering woodwork,
tailoring, sewing, knitting and embroidery are currently
conducted in all closed camps. In order to prepare
refugees for resettlement the Hong Kong Government and
the UNHCR are working with the voluntary agencies to
develop a properly co-ordinated vocational training
programme geared towards job
resettlement
countries.
opportunities
in
The Hong Kong Government have
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