Board of Education

The Board of Education is a statutory body appointed to advise the
government, through the Director of Education, on matters relating to
school education. Its members include the chairmen of advisory and
executive bodies concerned with the school system - the Curriculum
Development Council; the Private Schools Review Committee; and
advisory committees on home-school co-operation, school administration
and finance, school guidance, discipline and support services, and school
places allocation systems. Other members have experience in
kindergartens, special schools, school administration, teaching, teacher
training, tertiary education, business and other professions. Two
government officials sit on the board: the Director of Education as
Vice-Chairman and the Deputy Secretary for Education and Manpower as
Member.

During the year, the board's Sub-Committee on Review of School
Education completed its review on the implementation of nine-year
compulsory education and proposed measures for improvement. The
government is currently studying the recommendations.

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