Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Hong Kong Institute of Education. The Council.
Parallel form(s) of name
- 校董會
- The Council
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Governing Council (May 1994 - August 1995)
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Description area
Dates of existence
May 1994 - 26 May 2016
History
With the Hong Kong Institute of Education Ordinance coming into effect on 25 April 1994, the HKIEd was established as an autonomous tertiary institution with the Governor as President and a Governing Council with statutory powers and duties to act as the executive governing body. At a meeting on 28 September 1995, it was resolved that the term ‘Governing Council’ would be replaced by ‘The Council’ in all documentation.
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Related entity
Hong Kong Institute of Education. Provisional Governing Council. (February 1993 - April 1994)
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Category of relationship
temporal
Type of relationship
Hong Kong Institute of Education. Provisional Governing Council. is the predecessor of Hong Kong Institute of Education. The Council.
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Description of relationship
Related entity
Education University of Hong Kong. The Council. (27 May 2016 -)
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Category of relationship
temporal
Type of relationship
Education University of Hong Kong. The Council. is the successor of Hong Kong Institute of Education. The Council.
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Created: 3 November 2025
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The description in 'History' was produced in consultation of the following online resources:
The Hong Kong Institute of Education. Annual Report 1994-95, 1994. Retrieved from https://educoll.lib.eduhk.hk/records/annual-report-EOfX8zUx