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Supplementary question to Question No In Legislative Council on 25 May 1988

if

MR. SZETO (in Cantonese) : Sir, school heads and

senior teachers

take

this

particular course, they will

be able to get their fees partly refunded. In addition,

those school heads with more than 24 classes will have three

after graduation.

added

more points to their maximum salary However, school teachers

who take the same course will neither have their fees refunded

nor have their career structure or pay

improved.

Does

this mean that when you have teachers taking such courses,

it is not really considered beneficial to primary school teaching?

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER : Sir, the course

is primarily designed to help school heads in their job.

It is directed at them primarily.

PROF. POON.

Sir, since there is a clear incentive to

encourage school heads to register for the new degree course,

would the Secretary inform this Council the current enrolment

rate or demand on the course?

Will there be enough

places to meet the demand ?

of

SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER : Sir,

Sir, there have

been more than 300 applications for the course, 55

of those have been from primary school heads. The number

therefore of places is 30 a year. The number of applicants is greater

than the number of places and that is fairly normal for any

course. The size of the course cannot be extended during

the coming triennium from 1988 to 1991, because tertiary