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Public briefing session on ECR7 Consultation Document

Members of the public are invited to participate in a briefing session on Saturday (December 14) to give their views on quality school education, the theme of the Education Commission Report No 7 Consultation Document.

The briefing, which will be held at Wellington College in Telford Gardens, Kowloon Bay, at 10 am, is one of a series of sessions conducted by the EC to solicit views from various sectors on the recommendations in the consultation document.

Present at the briefing will be the EC Chairman, Professor Rosie Young; an EC member, Ms Sansan Ching; and officials of the Education Department.

Similar briefings are scheduled for Legislative Councillors, principals, teachers, school councils and sponsors, advisory boards and committees, education faculties of tertiary institutions, and District Board members during the two-month consultation ending on January 15.

A spokesman for the Education Commission said today (Thursday); "The views collected will be taken into account before finalising and presenting the recommendations to the Government early next year.

"The Consultation Document was published on November

November 19 with recommendations aimed at helping schools to improve their performance and ensuring that resources for school education are used in the most effective, efficient and accountable manner.

"It represents the Commission's vision of a quality school education system which will have lasting benefits to the generations to come," the spokesman said.

The major recommendations are on the development of school-based management; the introduction of pilot incentive schemes for schools; the establishment of a framework for developing and monitoring quality of school education: the role of the Education Department; and training of key players in the school system.

This is the second phase of the Commission's two-round consultation exercise to gauge public response. The first round of public consultation on broad principles was held in June this year.