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Education Commission’s Annual Reporting Session
Education for TomorrowEducation for Tomorrow
Professor Arthur K C Li, GBS, JP
Secretary for Education and Manpower
11 December 2004
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•Reforming the Academic Structure for Senior Secondary and Higher Education
•Review of the Medium of Instruction (MOI) and Secondary School Places Allocation (SSPA) System
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Key Attainment
•100% qualified KG teachers•All new principals are trained•Introduced QAI
Stages of Education
Early childhood education
Furtherdevelopment
•Harmonisation of KG CCC (2005)•Further upgrading of qualifications of KG/CCC teachers
•Abollished AAT•Introduced BCA•Launched curriculum reform•Strengthened school accountability•Stepped up professional development of principals/teachers
Basic education 6 years primary
3 years junior secondary
•Implement BCAsystems assessmentat P.6 (2005) and S.3 (2006)
Senior secondary education
•100% provision of school places•Diversified curriculum with career-oriented studies and Project Ji Yin
•Implement 3-year senior secondary structure (2008)
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Keyattainment
•Increased participationrate to 53%
Post secondaryeducation
Stages of education Furtherdevelopment
•Further expand to 60% (by 2010)
•Mutual recognition of qualifications with Mainland institutions•Encourage deep collaboration between universities
Highereducation
•Position HK as regional education hub
Continuingeducation
•Introduced Continuing Education Fund (2002) Skills Upgrading Scheme (2001)•Established qualifications framework
•Establish qualifications register
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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
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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
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Student Achievements
1) Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003
• 1st (Maths), 2nd (problem solving),3rd (Science), 10th (Reading)
2) International Mathematics Olympiad 2004• 2 silver, 2 bronze, 2 honourable mention
3) International Physics Olympiad 2004• 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze, 1 honourable mention
4) Intel International Science and Technology Award 2004
• 2nd (engineering), 4th (chemistry, environmental science)
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Student Achievement (Cont’d)
5) National Olympiad in Informatics 2004• 1 silver, 3 bronze
6) National Mathematics Olympiad 2004• 1 silver, 7 bronze
7) Special Olympiads Winter Games 2004• gold (skating)
8) Athens Paralympics Games 2004• silver
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Teachers’ Achievement
1) CE’s Award for Teaching Excellence• 44 language teachers awarded
• 85 teachers commended
2) 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)
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Qualification of Teachers
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Trained Degree or abovequalifications
Trained with degreeor above
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Qualification of Qualified Primary and Secondary School Teachers (1996/97 to 2003/04)
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Primary Secondary
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Challenges
a) More holistic approach to nurturing young people
b) Changing the mindset
c) Professional development
d) Synergising innovations
e) Narrowing the achievement gap