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Vietnamese,

education.

mathematics,

and health

in education

stimulated by

social studies

However, although an interest

among both adults and children has been

the knowledge that fluency in English and regular

attendance at some form of education may help with a

resettlement place, the level of participation in education has not always been encouraging: their initial enthusia sm tends to wane quickly, and it is often 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 camps оп a coordinated basis.

Refugee involvement in teaching

8.

Refugees who are academically qualified are recruited by

by the

the voluntary agencies or the Correctional Services Department as teachers and teaching assistants. They are of course particularly helpful in the teaching of Vietnamese subjects. They are paid in accordance

with rates prescribed by the Correctional Services

Department and are provided with pre-service

in-service teacher training About seventy refugees are working in this way

in the closed camps (14 at Bowring,

20 at Chi Ma

Chi Ma Wan, 23 at

and

Hei Ling Chau and 11 at Cape

Collinson). The rest of the teachers are provided by

the voluntary agencies.

supervised by

qualified

All teaching activities are

teachers on the staff of the

Correctional Services Department.

Vocational training

9.

•

prepare

Rudimentary training programmes covering woodwork, tailoring, sewing, knitting and embroidery are currently

conducted in all closed camp s

In order to

refugees for

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 opportunities

countries. The Hong Kong Government have

resettlement

in