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Quality Assessment
Secondary School Teachers
With Neither Degree Nor Formal Teacher Training in Subject Area

by School Sector

Table 4
graphs 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 | tables 2, 3, 5, and 6

 Subject area

Government, government aided, and per capita schools

(percent)

Rank

Private schools including those receiving direct government assistance

(percent)

Rank
 
Physical Education1 0.4  1 5.5   3
Chinese Literature 1.6  2 11.0  4
Statistics 5.3  3 14.0  6
Home Economics2 6.5  4 0.0 1
Biology 8.1  5 15.3  7
Art and Design 8.6  6 12.5  5
Chemistry 9.9  7 17.9  8
Economics 10.1  8 25.2  12
Physics 11.7  9  25.3  13
General Science 11.8  10  21.9  9
Music 12.2  11  34.4  15
Chinese Language 13.8  12  24.3  11
Art 17.7  13  42.9  18
English Language 18.7  14  46.0  21
Design and Technology2 19.6  15 100.0  30
Geography 25.2  16  23.3  10
Mathematics  26.7  17  36.5  16
Accounting 32.3  18  26.3  14
History 36.1  19  44.6  20
Chinese History 41.8  20  48.6  22
Social Studies 43  21  42.9  17
Information Technology 44.2  22  60.0  25
Public Affairs 45.2  23  44.6  19
English Literature2 54.5  24 57.1 24
Computer Studies 57.9  25  56.1  23
Commerce 68.5  26  81.4  27
Technical Drawing 69.4  27 none  none
Word Processing/Business English 78.6  28  74.3  26
Ethics/Religion 87.3  29  88.4  29
Civic Education 87.7  30  84.2  28
Source: Department of Education, Planning and Research Division, Statistics Section. 2002 (May). Teacher Statistics 2001. Table 4.17 Distribution of secondary school teachers in post by subject taught by sector and formal training, p.99-101. (return to table 5)
Note1: Apparently physical education teachers without previous training are required to take a one-year course offered by the Department of Education.
Note2: As the total number of teachers who taught this subject in the private sector was less than ten the results statistical results in columns three and four should be treated with caution.
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