Where did the 2000 Bachelor of Education in Language Education (English Language) graduates go ?

 

Careers Education and Placement Centre

I. Introduction

The information in this paper is extracted from the Graduate Employment Survey of 2000 to answer the following questions about Bachelor of Education in Language Education (English Language) graduates :-

 

II. Employment Situations in 2000

Of the 14 graduates from this programme, 13 responded to the survey. Their employment situations are listed below.

 

BED(ENG)

HKU Overall*

 

2000

1999

2000

1999

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

No. of respondents

13

100

13

100

2575

100

2475

100

Employed

11

85

13

100

2030

79

1928

78

Unemployed seeking F/T job

1

7.7

0

0

59

2.3

79

3.2

Further Studies

0

0

0

0

461

18

455

18

Emigrated/Returned to home country

0

0

0

0

2

0.1

4

0.2

Not seeking F/T job

1

7.7

0

0

23

0.9

9

0.4

* HKU Overall refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.B.S. and B.D.S. graduates.

 

III. 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

2000

1999

May or before

20%

33%

June

80%

50%

July

100%

75%

August

100%

83%

September

100%

100%

No Response = 1

 

IV. Employment Sectors

All the graduates from this programme were employed in educational institutions.

 

% of graduates

Sector

2000

1999

Educational Institutions

100%

100%

 

V. Basic Salary and Gross Income

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

Basic Salary

Gross Income

BED(ENG)

HKU Average*

BED(ENG)

HKU Average*

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

2000

1999

Mean

$17,144

$22,135

$14,125

$14,480

$17,317

$22,135

$15,448

$15,716

Median

$17,128

$22,045

$12,000

$10,870

$17,128

$22,045

$13,000

$11,917

Minimum

$10,000

$19,055

$1,300

$1,000

$10,000

$19,055

$3,000

$3,000

Maximum

$19,100

$24,320

$58,000

$58,000

$20,961

$24,320

$74,967

$60,000

*HKU Average refers to the figure for the total HKU population and includes M.B.B.S. and B.D.S. graduates.

 

VI. Number of Full-Time Job Offers

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

3 (33%)

Two

3 (33%)

Three

2 (22%)

Four

1 (11%)

No Response = 2

 

VII. Names of Employers and Job Titles

The job titles of graduates from this programme in full-time employment and the names of their employers are listed below.

 

Employers

Job Titles

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS –

 

Clementi Secondary School

Assistant Education Officer

Hop Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School

Graduate Master

Juchint Chu Secondary School

Teacher

Leung Shek Chee College

Graduate Master

Maryknoll Convent School

Graduate Mistress

Po Chiu Catholic Secondary School

Graduate Master

St. Stephen's Girls' Primary School

Certified Mistress

SWCS Chan Pak Sha School

Teacher

Tai Po Secondary School

Graduate Master

TWGHS Mrs Fung Wong Fung Ting College

Executive Assistant

Yan Chai No.2 Secondary School

Certified Mistress

Note : Some of the 2000 graduates indicated willingness to talk to individual students about their work. Contact numbers can be obtained from counsellors at the CePc.

 

VIII. Further Information

Similar information on graduates from other disciplines is available for reference in the Careers Library. Please contact the CePc for further details.

 

Careers Education and Placement Centre

3/F Wong Chuang Lai Wah Building

Meng Wah Complex

The University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam Road

Hong Kong

 

 

Telephone : 2859 2314

Fax : 2559 5238

E-Mail : CEPC@HKUCC.HKU.HK

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Saturday (9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)

 

Cindy Chan

 

August, 2001

 

The analysis is based on information provided by the respondents, and the Careers Education & Placement Centre should not be held responsible for any errors arising therefrom.

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unless with written permission from the Director of the Careers Education and Placement Centre,

The University of Hong Kong