A SIX-WEEK bridging course for students wishing to transfer from a grammar to a pre-vocational school will start in July.
The course is organised for students who have completed Secondary One in a grammar school and who wish to continue studies in Secondary Two in a pre-vocational school this September.
Application forms are available from grammar schools. Completed forms should reach the relevant pre-vocational schools on or before June 16.
An Education Department spokesman said the course, which was free of charge, provided theoretical and practical training in metal, electrical studies and technical drawing.
The bridging course was arranged following a recommendation by the Education Commission in its Report No 4 on the needs of students in grammar schools who, after the first year, found themselves losing interest in the more academic approach and wished to learn more practical subjects.
The commission recommended that a bridging course should include workshop training to help students of grammar schools adjust to the more practical content of the curriculum and gain a minimum level of practical proficiency required in pre-vocational schools.