Where did the 1999 Postgraduate Certificate in Education graduates go ?
	Careers Education and Placement Centre

I. Introduction

• How many had been employed by December, 1999 ?
• Among those who pursued further studies, what programmes were they enrolled in ?
• Among those who were employed full-time, how long did it take them to get their first job offer ?
• In which sectors were they employed ?
• How much salary did they receive ?
• How many job offers did they receive ?
• Who were their employers and what were their job titles ?

Of the 173 full-time graduates from this programme, 156 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.
 

			PCEd					HKU Overall*
			1999			1998		1999		1998
			No.	%		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
No. of respondents			156	100		72	100	575	100	458	100
Employed			141	90		68	94	504	88	341	74
Unemployed seeking F/T job			8	5.1		3	4.2	23	4	35	7.6
Further Studies			6	3.8		1	1.4	39	6.8	71	16
Emigrated/Returned to home country			0	0		0	0	5	0.9	3	0.7
Not seeking F/T job			1	0.6		0	0	4	0.7	8	1.7

* HKU Overall refers to the figure for the HKU Taught Postgraduate Programme graduates.
 
 
 

III. Further Studies

Six graduates proceeded to further studies. The tables below show the academic programmes that they pursued and their sources of funds.
 

	Academic Programme
Field of Study	M.Phil.	Master (Coursework)	Certificate
Education	1	1
Social Sciences	1
Arts		1
Science		1
Christian Mission Training			1

 

Source of Funds	No. of Graduates
Own Funds	5
Full Scholarship	1

 
 
 

IV. Time Taken to Secure Employment

The time taken for graduates to secure employment is shown below.
 

	% of new graduates who have secured employment
By the end of	1999	1998
May or before	18%	21%
June	35%	47%
July	66%	73%
August	84%	94%
September	96%	95%
October	98%	97%
November	100%	97%
December	100%	100%

No Response = 4
 
 
 

V. Employment Sectors

The majority of graduates from this programme were employed in educational institutions, while others were in community, social & personal services, commerce & industry and the civil service.
 

	% of graduates
Sector	1999	1998
Educational Institutions	88%	97%
Community, Social & Personal Services	7%	-
Commerce & Industry	4%	3%
Civil Service	1%	-

No Response = 5
 
 
 

VI. Basic Salary and Gross Income

The remuneration received by graduates from this programme is shown below.
 

	Basic Salary				Gross Income
	PCEd		HKU Average*		PCEd		HKU Average*
	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998	1999	1998
Mean	$20,508	$21,946	$18,694	$20,628	$20,540	$21,992	$19,169	$21,336
Median	$20,000	$24,000	$17,450	$20,000	$20,000	$24,000	$18,000	$20,000
Minimum	$5,000	$10,000	-	-	$5,000	$11,667	-	-
Maximum	$32,500	$27,000	$73,815	$99,999	$32,500	$27,000	$95,195	$108,332

* HKU Average refers to the figure for the HKU Taught Postgraduate Programme graduates.

The number of job offers received by graduates from this programme is shown in the following table.
 

No. of job offers received	No. of graduates (% of graduates)
One	72 (60%)
Two	25 (21%)
Three	13 (11%)
Four	6 (5%)
Five	3 (2.5%)
Six	1 (0.8%)
Seven	1 (0.8%)

No Response = 5

No Response = 6