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Education

School-based Support Services

School-based support services foster leadership at schools, disseminate informed practices to improve learning, teaching and assessment and support professional learning among teachers. In 2019-20, the bureau provided school-based support services to 190 secondary schools, 350 primary schools, 15 special schools, and 170 kindergartens and kindergarten-cum-child

care centres.

Regional education offices offer school-based support services in response to the needs of students, teachers, schools and other stakeholders.

Community Participation in Education

Home-School Cooperation

The Committee on Home-School Cooperation encourages the establishment of parent-teacher associations. There are about 1,400 such associations. The bureau funded about 3,700 school-based and district-based home-school cooperation activities in the 2019-20 school

year.

Measures recommended by the Task Force on Home-School Cooperation and Parent Education are being implemented progressively.

Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education

The Committee on the Promotion of Civic Education advises the government on civic education, works with the government and other parties in arranging civic education activities, and sponsors eligible organisations to arrange activities promoting civic education outside school. It promotes the core civic values - 'Respect and inclusiveness, 'Responsibility' and 'Love'- to encourage the public to show respect for others and fulfil their civic responsibilities. It also promotes public knowledge of the Constitution of the People's Republic of China and the Basic Law to enhance understanding of one country, two systems' and a sense of national identity.

The committee's Civic Education Resource Centre houses reference materials on civic education and also organises training courses, seminars, sharing sessions, film shows, guided tours and exhibitions.

Youth Development Commission

Chaired by the Chief Secretary for Administration, the Youth Development Commission serves as a steering committee to enhance policy coordination within the government and enable holistic and more effective examination and discussion of issues of concern to young people. It promotes cross-bureau and cross-departmental collaboration, undertakes to address young people's concerns about education, career development and home ownership, and encourages their participation in politics and public policy discussion.

The commission and the Home Affairs Bureau, through organising or sponsoring programmes such as the Youth Ambassadors Programme, provide young people with opportunities to display their talent to the fullest, sharpen their competitive edge and become future masters of

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