Division of Primary Education

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Division of Primary Education

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

      Other form(s) of name

      • 小學教育學部

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      September 1994- August 1998

      History

      Between 1994 and 1998, the Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd) operated a matrix academic structure consisting of ‘programmes’ and ‘departments’, and they ran in parallel with one another to enable inputs from various departments to the same programme. On the ‘programmes’ side of the matrix, there were three Divisions responsible for the operation and monitoring of academic programmes; whereas the ‘departments’ provide the focal point for the development of subject expertise, research and other scholarly activities.

      The three Divisions were the Division of Primary Education, the Division of Early Childhood Education (renamed the Division of Pre-primary Education in the 1997/98 academic year), and the Division of Secondary, Technical and Special Education). For the Division of Primary Education, it was responsible for organising initial primary education and further primary education programmes.

      In order to match HKIEd’s development to a tertiary level institution, the matrix was replaced by a new academic structure of four Schools and within which the departments and centres were housed, in the 1998/99 academic year.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      Mandates/sources of authority

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Occupations

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Status

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Created: 2025-10-30.

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          The description in 'History' was produced in consultation of the following online resources:

          The Hong Kong Institute of Education. Annual Report 1994-1995, 1994. Retrieved from https://educoll.lib.eduhk.hk/records/annual-report-EOfX8zUx

          The Hong Kong Institute of Education. Annual Report 1998-1999, 1998. Retrieved from https://educoll.lib.eduhk.hk/records/annual-report-XFfprURE

          Maintenance notes