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New profile of kindergartens goes online
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     The Education Bureau (EDB) released the "Profile of Kindergartens and Kindergarten-cum-Child Care Centres 2010" today (September 20) at www.chsc.hk/kindergarten to enhance the transparency of kindergartens and provide essential information to facilitate parents to make informed choices for their children.     ¡@¡@

     "The Profile has information on about 950 kindergartens and kindergarten-cum-child care centres, including the list of (non-profit-making) kindergartens joining the Pre-primary Education Voucher Scheme (PEVS) in the 2010/11 school year in each district.  The Profile also shows the approved school fees of kindergartens for the 2010/11 school year.  For kindergartens joining PEVS, their approved school fees after redemption of the voucher are also shown," an EDB spokesman said.

     The spokesman pointed out that other information included the number of teaching staff, professional qualifications of the principal and teachers, enrolment statistics, teacher-to-pupil ratio and details of teaching and learning information of individual kindergartens as well as other charges they may collect.

     The spokesman added, "All kindergartens joining PEVS are required to disclose information on the application of funds to various expenditure areas, in addition to other essential operational and curriculum details.  This can reveal the way the kindergartens have made use of their resources on teachers and students, which is a matter of concern to parents.

     "All kindergartens joining PEVS are required to undergo the Quality Review (QR) for quality assurance purpose.  The QR started to roll out in the 2007/08 school year to kindergartens selected on a random basis.  For those kindergartens having had the whole QR process completed, information on whether they have met the prescribed standards is indicated in the Profile and the linkage is provided to the QR Report if ready."

     Printed copies of the Profile will be available for parents' reference at the Regional Education Offices of the EDB, Public Enquiry Service Centres of the Home Affairs Department, Maternal and Child Health Centres of the Department of Health, Integrated Family Service Centres of the Social Welfare Department and public libraries from October 29.

Ends/Monday, September 20, 2010
Issued at HKT 16:34

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