Identity area
Type of entity
Authorized form of name
Parallel form(s) of name
- Education Department.
- ED
- 教育署
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- 教育司署 (1865 - 1980)
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
The Education Department was officially established in 1865 to oversee the administration, funding and development of primary, secondary and teacher education in Hong Kong.
As a core government department, it directly managed and financed the government teacher training sector, establishing Northcote College of Education (1939), Grantham College of Education (1951), Sir Robert Black College of Education (1960), the Hong Kong Technical Teachers College (1974), and the Institute of Language in Education (1982).The Department retained direct administrative and policy oversight of these five institutions until 1994, when the colleges were amalgamated into the autonomous Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd).
In January 2003, the Education Department was dissolved and merged with the Education and Manpower Bureau (EMB) to streamline the government's education policy and administration.
Places
Legal status
Government Department / Public Authority
Functions, occupations and activities
- Educational policy implementation and school administration.
- Management, budgeting and staffing of government teacher training colleges.
- Curriculum development, school inspection and teacher registration.