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Education Commission’s Annual Reporting Session

Education Commission’s Annual Reporting Session. Education for Tomorrow Professor Arthur K C Li, GBS, JP Secretary for Education and Manpower 11 December 2004. Primary Aims of Education Reform. Motivating students to learn Learning to learn. Reforming the Academic Structure

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Education Commission’s Annual Reporting Session

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  1. Education Commission’s Annual Reporting Session Education for Tomorrow Professor Arthur K C Li, GBS, JP Secretary for Education and Manpower 11 December 2004

  2. Primary Aims of Education Reform • Motivating students to learn • Learning to learn

  3. Reforming the Academic Structure • for Senior Secondary and • Higher Education • Review of the Medium of Instruction • (MOI) and Secondary School Places • Allocation (SSPA) System

  4. Key Attainment Stages of Education Further development • 100% qualified KG teachers • All new principals are trained • Introduced QAI • Harmonisation of KG • CCC (2005) • Further upgrading of • qualifications of • KG/CCC teachers Early childhood education • Abollished AAT • Introduced BCA • Launched curriculum • reform • Strengthened school • accountability • Stepped up professional • development of • principals/teachers • Implement BCA • systems assessment • at P.6 (2005) and S.3 (2006) Basic education 6 years primary 3 years junior secondary • Implement 3-year • senior secondary • structure (2008) • 100% provision of • school places • Diversified • curriculum with • career-oriented • studies and • Project Ji Yin Senior secondary education

  5. Stages of education Further development Key attainment Post secondary education • Further expand • to 60% (by 2010) • Increased participation • rate to 53% • Mutual recognition • of qualifications • with Mainland • institutions • Encourage deep • collaboration • between universities • Position HK as • regional • education hub Higher education • Introduced • Continuing Education • Fund (2002) • Skills Upgrading • Scheme (2001) • Established qualifications • framework • Establish • qualifications • register Continuing education

  6. Impact • Improvement in students’ communication skills, independent thinking, motivation, creativity and commitment • Improvement in relationship among stakeholders (teachers, parents, students) and morale of teachers • Primary students find learning much more enjoyable

  7. Impact • Over 100,000 persons have benefitted from the Skills Upgrading Scheme since September 2001 • Over 140,000 applications for the Continuing Education Fund have been approved since June 2004 • Over 20,000 students have enrolled in Project Yi Jin

  8. Student Achievements • Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 • 1st (Maths), 2nd (problem solving),3rd (Science), 10th (Reading) • International Mathematics Olympiad 2004 • 2 silver, 2 bronze, 2 honourable mention • International Physics Olympiad 2004 • 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze, 1 honourable mention • Intel International Science and Technology Award 2004 • 2nd (engineering), 4th (chemistry, environmental science)

  9. Student Achievement (Cont’d) • National Olympiad in Informatics 2004 • 1 silver, 3 bronze • National Mathematics Olympiad 2004 • 1 silver, 7 bronze • Special Olympiads Winter Games 2004 • gold (skating) • Athens Paralympics Games 2004 • silver

  10. Hall of Fame

  11. Teachers’ Achievement • CE’s Award for Teaching Excellence • 44 language teachers awarded • 85 teachers commended • National Awards • Intel Outstanding Teacher Award of the 19th National Science and Technology Invention Contest • Top honours in the 5th National Young Teachers Competition (Reading)

  12. Qualification of Teachers Qualification of Qualified Primary and Secondary School Teachers (1996/97 to 2003/04) Primary Secondary 1996/97 2003/04

  13. Challenges • More holistic approach to nurturing young people • Changing the mindset • Professional development • Synergising innovations • Narrowing the achievement gap

  14. Priorities for 2005 • “3+3+4” reform • MOI and SSPA • Professional development for sustainable improvement • Developing the qualifications register • Networking for community support

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