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Chairman of QEF Steering CommitteeMr Irving KOO Yee-yinMr Irving KOO Yee-yinChairman of QEF Steering Committee
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The Education Commission Report No. 7 published in 1997 affirmed the promotionof a self-initiated quality culture in our schools as a priority in the development ofeducation in Hong Kong. The establishment of the Quality Education Fund (QEF) inJanuary 1998 was a positive response of the Hong Kong Special Administrative RegionGovernment to the Commission’s recommendation. The QEF was set up to provideincentives and support to schools and other educators in recognition of their effortsto develop and implement innovative educational programmes for the benefit ofour school sector as a whole. In particular it provides our schools with the resourcesneeded over and above their regular provisions for undertaking new initiatives insuch important aspects of our school education as school-based management, all-round education, curriculum development, and the enhancement of teaching andlearning effectiveness.
The QEF Steering Committee was set up to oversee the operation of the Fund, assessapplications and decide on disbursement of grants. It is my great honour to have ledthe Committee since its establishment in 1998 and to have had the opportunity towork with its team of distinguished and dedicated Members, many of whom haveserved continuously during the past five years. With the staunch support of Members,the Committee has built a robust system to encourage and assess new projects aswell as to facilitate their realization and dissemination in the wider school sector.The Committee constantly reviews the policies and operational procedures of theQEF in order to maximize the impact and value of the Fund. To further reflect on andconsolidate our experiences after five years of operation, we initiated a number ofreviews in 2002. These included a review by the Management Services Agency onour funding processes and procedures, a study by the Melbourne University Privateon project performance indicators and dissemination strategy, and an opinion surveyto obtain feedback from our stakeholders.
I am pleased to report that these studies have confirmed the positive impact of theQEF on education in Hong Kong as a whole, and the favorable culture change that ithas brought about in our school sector in particular. The QEF is implementing, stepby step, various measures to further enhance its value and impact as recommendedin these studies.
As the QEF enters into its fifth year, this Memoir provides a synopsis of the work it hasdone in the past, a snapshot of the good practices identified from over 4 600 fundedprojects and a summary of the performance enhancing steps that the QEF will betaking in the years ahead. I hope members of the education sector and the generalpublic will find this to be a useful source of reference.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Education Commission for itsguidance, and all Members of the Steering Committee for their valuable counsel andfor their dedicated support. I am sure that under the capable leadership of mysuccessor, the QEF will continue to grow and contribute to the development of qualityeducation in Hong Kong.
Mr Irving Koo Yee-yin, S.B.S., J.P.Chairman of QEF Steering Committee
(16.1.1998 - 15.1. 2003)
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Chairman of QEF Steering CommitteeMr TAI Hay-lapMr TAI Hay-lapChairman of QEF Steering Committee
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I am honoured to be appointed Chairman of the Quality Education Fund
(QEF) Steering Committee with effect from January 2003. The challenge
ahead is immense, and the immediate concern is to build on the good
foundation that my capable predecessor has laid and bring the QEF to new
heights.
Since its inception in 1998, the QEF has been well received by schools and
the community at large. For the QEF to break new grounds, it will need a
more focused approach on grant disbursement and closer alignment with
the initiatives of the Education Reform in Hong Kong. In the coming years,
the QEF will continue to nurture innovation in language enhancement and
moral and civic education, as well as other key areas pertinent to the Education
Reform. In response to the call by the Education Commission for “society-
wide mobilization”, the QEF will encourage grantees to partner with other
community organizations in implementing their projects, and will seek to
strengthen the dissemination of success factors distilled from past projects.
This Memoir will serve as a useful guide on the directions that the QEF will
take in the years ahead. On rolling out the plans of the QEF and promoting
quality education in Hong Kong, I must appeal to the education sector and
the community as a whole for their continual support. I look forward to many
more creative and innovative projects to be backed by the QEF in the years to
come.
Mr Tai Hay-lap, B.B.S., J.P.
Chairman of QEF Steering Committee
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Hand in hand we strode for five years
Time flies. Five years have passed since we first worked with the QEF. Our school’s seven funded
projects have made us realise that the Fund means more than just financial support. It has injected an
effective doze of encouragement among our colleagues. It has motivated us to seek innovative ways to
teach and has facilitated collaboration between cross-profession groups. Among our severely mentally
handicapped students, learning abilities have improved. This is particularly noticeable in cases of
perceptual-motor and language abilities.
Through exhibitions and debriefing, we have shared our experience with education workers and others
concerned in the promotion of quality education in Hong Kong.
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Voices of Project Beneficiaries
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During its five years of operation, the QEF has given workers in the education sector the opportunities to
develop quality education in a more resourceful environment. The QEF has warmed the hearts of every
education worker, sparking off innovative ideas on teaching and benefiting our many students.
Our kindergarten has implemented a number of innovative teaching projects in recent years. The support
of the QEF, whether technical or financial, has been crucial to their success.
We have experienced both successes and failures in the applications for the Fund. In the successful cases,
we have always done our best as promised and shared our teaching experience with our colleagues. Even
in cases when we failed, the enlightenment and encouragement we received from the QEF Secretariat
made us move ahead with confidence.
Ideals are not necessarily dreams that do not come true. The QEF has opened up the door of hope for us
through which dreams are realised. I earnestly hope that all workers in education can share the joy we have
experienced in making dreams come true with the QEF!
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Ms LO Oi-lan
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With the grants from the QEF, we have been able to develop projects in line with the needs of our school
and to benefit our students. The QEF has provided additional resources to raise our students’ standards in
music and dancing to a higher level. Students have been given chances to learn choreography, receive
training and perform in the States. Moreover, the project on thinking skills, which has been funded by the
QEF for three years, has helped to improve learning effectiveness and enable teachers’ professional
development, as well as promote a collaborative culture among colleagues. And curriculum design has
broken through the traditional framework, pioneered open-style learning, making students happier and
more enthusiastic to learn.
The above examples have proven that the QEF’s contribution to our school or even the education sector on
the whole, has not been limited to the monetary aspect. It has given us the confidence to explore and has
sown the seeds for our growth. Even when the QEF grants exhausted, the projects continue to develop
further in search of even more perfect results.
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Dr Anissa CHAN Wong Lai-kuen
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The QEF has motivated many in education to make extra-curricular learning innovative and wonderful. The
Breakthrough Limited too has been one of the active participants focused on leadership training and mass
media education. We have produced new sets of teaching aid to allow students to learn through activities
and experiences and we have designed evaluation tools to measure the results. We hope that, in days to
come, schools and other training institutions will work in partnership to provide more varieties and contents
for all-round education. Furthermore, we hope that successful projects will be further polished and
disseminated to schools, developing a balanced education of multi-intelligence and morality for young
people.
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Dr CHOI Yuen-wan
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“Students, we have to stay here for lesson as a system setup is in progress in the ‘Language Room’ today,”
said the Putonghua teacher. “Oh! Will it be ready for the next lesson?” the students reacted. From this
simple conversation, we can deduce that, apart from the teachers and the curriculum, the learning
environment is also important to the students. In the past, due to the lack of funds, the school’s wishes for
the improvement of teachers’ professional knowledge, the betterment of students’ learning environment
and curriculum reforms were only dreams not meant to come true. But with the assistance of the QEF,
teachers and students can now achieve incredible results.
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Doing the QEF project was not an easy task, especially the implementing process. I have had the chance to
experience the self-reflection process. There were actually a lot of things which happened in between and
my project also encountered many obstacles. There was a kind of energy that forced me to do my best. The
students, workers, staff, parents and teachers got to know each other better by the end of the project.
Through with team members, I have learnt a lot of team working skills. There were of course lots of conflicting
views during discussions. However, we were able to share our ideas openly with each other. This developed
my interpersonal skills as well. During the process, students and my team members learnt how to gather the
useful Environmental Education and Health Education information, to extract relevant information from
other partner schools, to put the information together and to practise it in school. I would like to take this
opportunity to thank the QEF staff and some of the QEF project leaders for sharing their project
implementation experiences with me. There were many things that I learnt during the sharing sessions.
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Mr LAI Tak-fai, Larry
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Applications to QEF for grants have been made in the last 5 calls to implement students activities that
enhanced their pride, improved their learning attitude, developed curriculum integration, organised project
learning and promoted life-wide learning. With the support of the Fund, our projects were able to create
more opportunities for students to gain learning experience outside the classroom. Apart from benefiting
students, the coming into existence of the QEF also made teachers pay attention to students’ needs and be
mindful of the school’s direction of development. At the planning stage, by investigating ways to help
students grow, teachers were urged to acquire knowledge themselves. At the implementation stage, by
personally experiencing the effects of the projects and making improvements to them, teachers could also
treat it as a precious value-adding opportunity for themselves. Yet, above everything, students’ enthusiasm
and improvements have truly made the teachers feel the value of the QEF project. Imagine how beautiful it
was to reflect on the goals of life with a large group of students at the crack of dawn; how it felt to forge
ahead alone confidently in the pitch dark undergrowth; and how impressive it was to exhibit students’
project-stalls at the Wu Kai Sha camp... . All these construed to an unforgettable experience for both students
and teachers in the learning and teaching process.
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Mr MAK Yiu-kwong
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The QEF project has caused changes in the learning and teaching culture. Learning in our school has been
made interesting by the studies projects in Mainland China and Hong Kong and by the school-based
curriculum integration of general education in the junior forms. It has brought a paradigm shift in teaching.
Teachers have turned from advocates of the textbook-oriented approach to skilled designers of curriculum
and instructors of learning activities. In so doing, they have demonstrated their creativity, enhanced the
formation of teamwork among themselves and improved the effectiveness of the learning and teaching
process.
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Mr KWAN Wing-bun
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