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school in receipt of aid under the terms of any of the codes is required
to be managed and conducted in accordance with the provisions of the
Education Ordinance and of subsidiary legislation made under that
Ordinance and in compliance with the provisions of the code of aid and
such instructions concerning aided schools as the Director may from time
to time issue. Financial aid consists of various types of grant,
depending on the category or level of school, and covers both recurrent
and non-recurrent grants. The codes of aid specify such matters as
staffing standards and entitlements, salary scales, allowances and
conditions of service and include an administrative guide in addition
to detailed procedures for financial control. (Further details are
given in chapter 5 on the financing of education.)
3.15
As noted above, institutions registered by the Director under
the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance as Approved Post Secondary Colleges
enjoy a markedly greater degree of control over their own affairs than
do schools: this is in keeping with their status both as tertiary
institutions and as private institutions. Under subsidiary legislation
the constitution of these colleges must include a Board of Governors
(the governing body of the college), a College Council (the executive
body, administering the property and managing the general affairs of
the college), an Academic Board (regulating academic affairs, subject to
the financial control of the College Council) and a Faculty Board for
each faculty (responsible to the Academic Board for the teaching and
general organisation of the courses assigned to the faculty).
Regulations stipulate that certain officers must be appointed (the
principal academic and administrative officer being the President);
the Regulations deal with such matters as authority for the appointment
and dismissal of college officers; the classification, appointment and
qualifications of teachers; the state of college premises; health
requirements; and admission of students.
Under the Ordinance appeals