TNAG-1724-FCO40-2437-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 309

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Reply by Secretary for Education & Manpower

to a question by Dr. Hon. HO Kam-fai, OBE, JP in LegCo on 20 January 1988

4. Questions

Dr. Ho asked:

Will Government inform this Council of the progress of the expatriate English language teachers' piylot scheme established

which

in September 1987,

was in

particular the problem being encountered and how these problems are being resolved?

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Answer

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER:

Sir,

The pilot scheme referred to by Dr. Ho is for the two-

year period from August 1987 to August 1989 and is being run by

the British Council.

and

A total of 81 posts were originally chosen to take

part in this scheme, In the first recruitment exercise, which

in the middle of 1987,

was completed in mid-1987 59 appropriately qualified teachers

were engaged. They had a briefing in London and a two-week

induction course in Hong Kong before starting to teach in our

schools in September 1987.

Since then another 23 teachers have been recruited.

are now going through an induction course and will start

teaching in February.

and they