Regarding the proposed establishment of a fourth College of Education, in order to absorb the Hong Kong Technical Teachers' College and release the other three Colleges of Education from the need to lease and borrow premises and accommodation for the ever-growing number of students during the 1980s.

This file consists of meeting minutes of the Working Party on the Fourth College of Education, together with discussion papers, tables, and spreadsheets generated by the member colleges, primarily Northcote College of Education. The records cover course distribution and enrolment status at each College, as well as arrangements for rooms and facilities available for teaching purposes within their respective premises.

Includes financial statements, expenses and annual subscription of the Association from individual colleges.

The Executive Information System (EIS) was a web-based system aimed to provide one-stop pool of useful management information including academic manpower data, Institute's student number for the 1998-2001 and 2001-2004 triennia, and some Key Performance Indicators for the Institute's Strategic Planning to the management to facilitate decision-making.

This file comprises records relating to the planning, development, training, and testing of the EIS. Materials include training session notes, training manuals, system demonstration materials, and documents concerning proposed access rights for users.

The file also contains reference sources from other universities’ EIS implementations, as well as correspondence and documentation relating to the User Acceptance Testing for the pilot phase.

Includes comments from Northcote College of Education on the nineteen draft subject syllabi mentioned in CoE/14; draft evaluation papers of the new full-time courses on (1) the course curriculum, (2) the core methodology course, (3) the implementation of the first-year subject syllabus, and on (4) the first year students of the 3-year course; and extracts of feedback from Sir Robert Black College of Education.

This generally includes the syllabuses, outlines, timetable, record of assessment, assignment schedule and evaluation of the subject of Economic & Public Affairs.

Some files also contain teaching practice guidelines, circulars on the allocation of additional funds and student enrolment figures, and syllabuses of Geography, Social Studies and History.

Includes the draft syllabi of ten elective subjects for the new full-time courses to be offered at the Colleges of Education from September 1980. The ten elective subjects include History, Home Economics, Language skill - Chinese, Mathematics, Music, Primary Studies, Physical Education, Science, Social Studies, and Research and Resources.

Includes draft syllabi of the college units offered by the Music Department at Northcote College of Education for the full-time two-year and three-year courses; and first draft of the units developed jointly by the Science Departments of the Colleges of Education for the full-time two-year and three-year courses.

Content:
Part I: Initial institutional development plans
Part II: Draft school plans
Part III: Draft departmental plans.

It was sent by Professor J.C. Tsang, head of Department of Science and Mathematics to Mrs Winifred Ip, Academic Secretary.