Media

Gansu secondary school principals attend training programme
on Hong Kong education and practices

14 Nov 2013

The Centre for Educational Leadership and Wah Ching Centre of Research on Education in China of the Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have jointly organized the Training Programme for Principals from Gansu Province 2013-14. The Training Programme aims to stimulate principals’ reflection on the everyday practices in schools and the rationale behind, helping them to identify the most appropriate way to improve education quality in schools.

As part of the Training Programme, 20 principals of junior secondary schools from Gansu will participate in a series of activities including seminars, sharing meetings, presentations and school visits from November 11 to 21, 2013. School visits will be conducted in the last four days of the programme to Creative Secondary School (November 18), Tin Shui Wai Methodist College (November 18), Chinese YMCA Secondary School (November 19 and 20), Po Leung Kuk Laws Foundation College (November 19 and 20) and Diocesan Boys’ School (November 21) to observe the schools’ teaching and learning, civic and moral education as well as student life in boarding school and its management. A closing ceremony will be held on November 21 (Thursday) for participants to share experiences.

To strengthen and actualize the learning experience gained in the Training Programme, the participating principals will have to develop an action plan applicable to their schools when they return to Gansu. Moreover, unprecedentedly, Gansu government officials have been joining the whole programme for a good understanding of the very different practices under the Hong Kong education system. It is hoped that they would in such case be better able to support the changes and new policies adopted by their principals in schools. The Training Programme is supported by Tin Ka Ping Foundation.

Details of the closing ceremony are as below:  

Date: November 21, 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 9 am to 12 noon
Venue: Room 405, Meng Wah Complex, HKU

Media representatives are cordially invited to join the secondary school visits. For arrangementsof visits and enquiries, please contact Ms Queenie Wong, Senior Manager (Development and Communications) (Tel.: 2219 4270 / Mobile: 9220 5840 / Fax: 2540 6360 / E-mail: qlpwong@hku.hk) or Ms Charlotte Li, Executive Officer of Centre for Educational Leadership (Tel: 2859 8012 / Mobile: 60318140 / Fax: 3013 8694 / Email: educel@hku.hk).