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Education
give schools the benefit of feedback and suggestions for improvement from reviewers with perspective across schools.
Professional Development at Schools
Teachers' Professional Development
The Committee on Professional Development of Teachers and Principals advises the EDB on policies relating to the professional development of the teaching profession at different career stages and provides a platform for professional sharing, collaboration and networking.
The Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence (CEATE), organised by the EDB, aims to give recognition to accomplished teachers and foster a culture of excellence in the teaching profession. In the 2013-14 school year, 67 teachers received CEATE awards or certificates of merit.
The Hong Kong Teachers' Centre organises conferences, seminars, workshops and experience- sharing sessions to promote continuing professional development for teachers. Physical and mental health activities are also arranged to help teachers maintain work-life balance.
The Council on Professional Conduct in Education (CPC), a non-statutory body, advises the government on measures to promote professional conduct in education and on alleged misconduct cases involving educators that are lodged with the CPC.
Principals' Professional Development
To help principals enhance their leadership knowledge and skills, there are different professional development requirements for aspiring principals, newly appointed principals and serving principals to address their developmental needs at different career stages. Some 1,200 aspiring principals have attained the Certification for Principalship and about half of them have become principals.
School-based Support Services
School-based support services aim to foster leadership at schools, in particular at the middle managers' level, widen the dissemination of informed practice to improve learning, teaching and assessment strategies in the classroom, and support professional learning among teachers. In the 2013-14 school year, the EDB provided school-based support services, including those financed by the Education Development Fund, to 280 secondary schools, 378 primary schools, 23 special schools and 183 kindergartens/kindergarten-cum-child care centres.
The Regional Education Offices also offer school-based support services to schools in response to the needs of students, teachers, schools and other stakeholders they serve.
Student Finance
To ensure that no student is deprived of education due to lack of means, the Student Financial Assistance Agency (SFAA) provides means-tested and non-means-tested financial assistance to
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