152 Education
Special Education
Children with special educational needs (SEN), who can benefit from education in ordinary school setting, are integrated into ordinary schools with provision of additional support and services. Schools are encouraged to adopt a whole-school approach to support children with SEN. In the 2006-07 school year, 373 ordinary schools adopted a whole-school approach to support about 11 000 students with SEN or a disability.
In addition, there were 61 special schools for those students with severe SEN or multiple disabilities, of which 20 also provided boarding facilities. Together, they provided around 8 500 school places and 1 000 boarding places. Sixteen special schools also served as resource centres, providing professional and resource support for ordinary schools which had admitted students with SEN. From 2005-06 to 2006-07, seven schools with experience in the whole-school approach served as resource schools to share their knowledge and practices with other schools that had admitted students with SEN.
The Government also provides support services for gifted students to develop their potential through school-based support, development of resource packages, research and development projects, teachers and parents training, and off-site enrichment programmes. The Government will set up an Academy for Gifted Education in 2007 to help enlarge the talent pool for Hong Kong as a world city.
Project Yi Jin
The Government launched Project Yi Jin in October 2000 to provide an alternative route to continuing education for secondary school leavers and adult learners. Successful completion of the programme earns the student a qualification comparable to five passes in the HKCEE for employment and continuing education purposes. The programme is run by member institutions of the Federation for Continuing Education in Tertiary Institutions and has both full-time and part-time modules. In the 2006-07 school year, around 8 000 full-time and part-time students joined the programme.
Drawing on the success of the project, the Government introduced a pilot scheme, the Yi Jin/Secondary Schools Collaboration Project, to 10 secondary schools in September 2004. At the beginning of the 2006-07 school year, 14 secondary schools participated in the scheme.
Vocational Education
The VTC was established in 1982 to provide and promote a cost-effective and comprehensive system of vocational education and training for school leavers and adult learners to acquire skills and knowledge for lifelong learning and employment.
The VTC provides high-quality, internationally
internationally recognised full-time pre- employment education and training courses. The courses, which are available at several levels, range from those designed for craftsmen to those for students seeking higher diplomas. They are offered through the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education, VTC School of Business and Information Systems, and training and
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