Overview
 
The Education Commission (EC) was set up in February 1984 as a non-statutory body to advise the Government on the overall development of education in the light of the community's needs. As the most important advisory body on education, we are committed to be -

  1. an advisor to the Government on issues that are of general concern to all education sectors/stages, the cross-sectoral impact of education issues, and the long-term strategic development of education in Hong Kong;

  2. a partner with the Government in co-ordinating and monitoring the planning and development of education at all levels, and advising on the implementation of major education initiatives based on the policy reports compiled by the other executive/advisory bodies, and the progress reports compiled by the Government;

  3. an inspirer and catalyser of public views on matters relating to education through maintaining a close liaison with the education sector and the community at large. EC should also help ensure that the views and proposals from other executive/advisory bodies are consistent with one another;

  4. a "learning organisation" which keeps abreast of the latest development in education and other sectors (including social, economic and political developments) in both local and international settings.
Our current work focuses on the following aspects -
  1. To monitor the progress of education reform in the following seven key areas- language education, curriculum reform, support for schools, professional development, admission systems, assessment mechanisms and increase in post-secondary education opportunities; to co-ordinate the work of education-related executive and advisory bodies; and to advise the Government on how to implement the reform more smoothly and effectively;

  2. To prepare some statistics to allow assessment of the effectiveness of the reform some time after its implementation; and

  3. To work in collaboration with all the relevant advisory and executive bodies to study in what ways further support may be provided to schools and teachers; keep close contact with all the concerned parties so as to enhance the transparency of our work; and collate more views and advice in order to achieve the best results of the education reform.