Teacher training places for 2008/09 subject to deliberation
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The following is a statement from the Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB) in response to media enquiries on teacher training places for the 2008/09 year.
¡°It is the EMB¡¯s role to make recommendations on the overall demand for teachers in the years to come for consideration by the University Grants Committee (UGC).
¡°The UGC is still deliberating on teacher training places for the roll-over year of 2008/09 and will submit its recommendations to EMB in due course.¡±
The spokesman reiterates that the planning work for teacher training places for the next triennium after the roll-over year of 2008/09 has yet to start.
Ends/Monday, March 12, 2007
Issued at HKT 22:16
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