The following is issued on behalf of the Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence Steering Committee:
 
     The Chief Executive, Mr C Y Leung, today (June 23) presented the Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence (CEATE) (2016/2017) to 18 teachers at an award presentation ceremony held at the Central Government Offices. The Secretary for Education, Mr Eddie Ng Hak-kim, presented the Certificate of Merit to 14 teachers.
 
     Speaking at the ceremony, the Chairman of the CEATE Steering Committee, Mr Duffy Wong said, "The awarded teachers have adopted effective and innovative teaching strategies and diverse learning approaches to develop students' ability in self-directed learning and foster their whole-person development. The awardees deserve commendation for their passion for teaching and their exemplary teaching practices."
 
     Mr Wong said that since the launch of CEATE in 2003, more than 800 teachers from different themes have been awarded and the award has won community-wide recognition. He said he believed that the awarded teachers would actively disseminate their excellent teaching practices with a view to inspiring other fellow teachers to strive for excellence and enhance the standard of learning and teaching. Looking ahead, future CEATEs would further maximise its influence, fostering the professional development of teachers and contributing towards a better future for Hong Kong education, he added.
 
     This year's CEATE covered three themes, namely Arts Education Key Learning Area, Science Education Key Learning Area and Guidance and Discipline. Assessment of nominations focused on teachers' performance in the four domains of professional competence, student development, professionalism and commitment to the community, and school development. A total of 163 nominations were received. Eight nominations (comprising 18 teachers) were presented with the Award for Teaching Excellence while seven nominations (comprising 14 teachers) were presented with the Certificate of Merit. The assessment results are available on the CEATE website (www.ate.gov.hk).

     Officiating guests at today's ceremony also included the Deputy Secretary for Education, Mrs Michelle Wong; the Chairman of the Education Commission, Mr Tim Lui; the Chairman of the Committee on Professional Development of Teachers and Principals and Chairman of the High-level Advisory Panel of CEATE (2016/2017), Dr Carrie Willis; the Chairman of the Curriculum Development Council, Professor Kenneth Young; the Chairman of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority, Mr Rock Chen; and the Chairman of the CEATE Assessment Working Group (2016/2017), Professor Horace Ip.
 
     Sharing activities on excellent teaching practices of CEATE (2016/2017) will be rolled out in the coming school year. Details will be announced on the CEATE website.
 
     Nominations for CEATE (2017/2018) will be accepted from July 10 to October 6. It will cover Kindergarten Education, Physical Education Key Learning Area and Technology Education Key Learning Area. Details will be uploaded to the CEATE website on July 10.

Ends/Friday, June 23, 2017
Issued at HKT 16:15

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