Secondary schools teachers promotional prospects

In secondary schools, teachers are classified as graduate masters and non-graduate masters.

Non-graduate master

Certificate Master/Mistress

Certificate Masters/Mistresses possessing teacher training will be eligible for consideration for promotion to Assistant Maters/Mistresses if they have five years satisfactory and acceptable experience as a teacher in a government or aided secondary school.

Assistant Master/Mistress

Assistant Masters/Mistresses will be eligible for consideration for promotion to Senior Assistant Master/Mistress after they have demonstrated their ability in taking up duties of more important responsibility by serving satisfactorily teaching an academic subject at Secondary 5 level for at least 3 years in a secondary school.

Senior Assistant Master/Mistress

Senior Assistant Master/Mistress will be eligible for consideration for promotion to Principal Assistant Masters/Mistresses after they have served for at least two years in the post in a government or aided secondary school and undertaken training course(s) specified by or acceptable to the Director.

Principal Assistant Master/Mistress

Class teaching of academic subjects up to Secondary 5 level and /or of cultural/technical/practical subjects up to Secondary 7 level in a secondary school. Further promotion Prospects: Nil.

Graduate Master/Mistress

Graduate Master

Graduate Masters/Mistress will be eligible for consideration for promotion to Senior Graduate Master/Mistress provided they have obtained a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education, or an equivalent qualification acceptable to the Director, and have had five years of acceptable secondary school experience in a graduate post in a government or aided or assisted private secondary school and have clearly shown ability to take charge of an academic/cultural/practical subject or to perform other duties of special responsibility in a secondary school and have undertaken training course(s) specified by or acceptable to the Director.

Senior Graduate Master

Senior Graduate Masters/Mistresses will be eligible for consideration for promotion to Principal Graduate Master/Mistress /Principal II /Principal I after they have had at least three years of acceptable secondary school experience in the post in a government or aided secondary school with proven ability to take charge of an academic /cultural/practical subject or to perform other duties of special responsibility and have undertaken training course(s), including training in secondary school administration/management, specified by or acceptable to the Director.

Principal Graduate Master/Mistress

Head of a secondary school with 14 or Deputy head of a secondary school with 15 or more classes in addition to class teaching up to secondary 7. Principal Graduate Masters/Mistresses will be eligible for consideration for promotion to Principal I/II provided that they undertaken training in secondary school administration/management specified by or acceptable to the Director.

Principal II

Principal of a secondary school with more than 14 and less than 24 classes. He may be eligible to be promoted to Principal I.

Principal I

Principal of a secondary school with more than 23 classes. Further promotional prospects:NIL.

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