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School-based Management
All public sector schools
have started to implement school-based
management (SBM) with effect from 2000.
To facilitate schools' implementation
of SBM, the EMB has streamlined administrative
procedures, and devolved more responsibilities
and greater flexibility to schools. In
return, schools have to be more transparent
and accountable for their performance
and the use of public funds.
External School
Review
The implementation of
SBM since 2000 has been accompanied by
an increasing emphasis on internal school
self-evaluation processes to assist schools
to improve the quality of learning. With
the introduction of the School Development
and Accountability Framework in May 2003,
quality assurance inspections conducted
by the EMB were transformed into a new
mode of external school review (ESR) to
validate school self-evaluation and provide
an external impetus for schools to set
priorities for improvement in the coming
years. In phases, all schools will be
supported in their self-evaluation processes
for sustained development, and in their
self-assessment of performance relative
to previous standards and the performance
of other schools in Hong Kong.
In the first cycle of
implementation of ESR from February 2003
to December 2005, 310 schools reviewed
externally. It is anticipated that the
EMB will complete the first cycle by 2007.
Governing Bodies
of Tertiary Institutions
Each tertiary institution
has its own structure of governance, set
out in its ordinance. The structure includes
a governing body (called the council or
the court) and a body to regulate academic
affairs (called the senate or the academic
board). All the eight UGC-funded institutions
have recently conducted reviews on their
governance structures to ensure their
continued effectiveness.
The Chief Executive,
in his capacity as Chancellor of the universities,
is empowered by the ordinances to appoint
the chairman of each governing body, as
well as a prescribed number of members.
This ensures a balanced distribution of
members from the industrial, commercial
and academic fields. |