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Collaboration among teachers, parents and students was crucial for quality education, she said.

The recently released consultation document of the Education Commission Report No 7 recommends the strengthening of this partnership.

"It reaffirms and underlines Government's declared mission in education: to develop young Hong Kong in-the-round, not just academically but fully, to become a community of well educated and motivated individuals committed to the betterment and development of Hong Kong," Mrs Yu said.

The report also promotes the concept of "adding value" in education, that is, the determination to improve performance.

"To improve, not just in academic achievements but equally in extra-curricular activities, in management and in general output in all aspects," Mrs Yu said.

Mrs Yu said the Education Department had allocated resources to enhance the quality of school education.

Measures including target oriented curriculum, School Improvement Programme and School Management Initiative aimed to strengthen the ability of schools to enhance the effectiveness of teaching, to keep abreast with technological advances and ultimately to improve the quality of education for students, she added.

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