154 Education
Education Ordinance
School education services are regulated by the Education Ordinance. School operators must comply with its provisions and the subsidiary legislation relating to areas such as registration of schools, teachers and managers, health and safety requirements, fees and charges, teacher qualifications.
Vocational Training Council Ordinance
The Vocational Training Council Ordinance provides for the establishment, functions and management of the council, which is the main body responsible for vocational education and technical training. Its members comprise representatives of industry, commerce, service sectors, employees and government.
Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance
The Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance governs institutions offering post- secondary courses. There are currently three approved post-secondary institutions. registered under the ordinance, namely the Hong Kong Shue Yan University, the Caritas Francis Hsu College and the Chu Hai College of Higher Education.
Non-local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance
The Non-local Higher and Professional Education (Regulation) Ordinance protects Hong Kong consumers by guarding against the marketing of substandard non-local courses conducted in Hong Kong. It provides a system of registration for regulating. these courses.
Management of Schools and Tertiary Institutions
School-based Management
All aided schools are required to set up by 2009 an incorporated management committee comprising sponsoring body managers, the principal, parent managers, teacher managers, alumni manager(s) and independent manager(s) to run the school. With the participation of these key stakeholders in the school decision-making process, the operation of the school will be more transparent, accountable and tailored to the needs of the students.
External School Review
With the introduction of the School Development and Accountability Framework in May 2003, quality assurance inspections conducted by EDB were transformed into a new mode of external school review (ESR) to validate school self-evaluation and provide an external impetus for schools to set priorities for self-improvement. The first ESR cycle, covering some 700 schools, will be completed before the end of the 2007-08 school year. EDB is currently reviewing the framework and practice in preparation for the second ESR cycle.
Governance of Tertiary Institutions
Each tertiary institution has its own structure of governance, set out in its ordinance. The structure includes a governing body, called the council or the court, and a body to regulate academic affairs, called the senate or the academic board. All