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Executive Director’s Report
總幹事報告
14
Breaking New Grounds
The year was also characterised by a number of new initiatives. I
would like to mention two of them, i.e. the Council’s decision to
initiate a review of the Standards and Criteria that we use in our
accreditation exercises and the preparation of the Institutional Review
Manual for Private University Title.
The standards and criteria that we use to make accreditation
decisions have an important impact on the development of education
and training provision in Hong Kong. Therefore the Standards have
to reflect the needs of society and ensure that institutions prepare
graduates well for future jobs. The current standards and criteria
were developed in the lead up to the launch of the HKQF almost ten
years ago. We believe that it is important to conduct a review at this
stage to ensure that the standards and criteria are fit for purpose now
and in the future. We look forward to the support and input from all
relevant stakeholders in the review.
As part of the Government’s launch of the Roadmap to becoming
a private university, eligible applicants are required to seek an
Institutional Review from HKCAAVQ. We are excited about
contributing to this important step for self-financing operators
that wish to become a private university. This process is a natural
development for operators that have been granted PAA status
and thus have a proven track record of institutional capacity and
capability to manage their operations and performance.
開拓創新
除鞏固現有的基礎方針外，去年評審局
亦致力開拓新領域，我希望在此談談其
中兩項：其一是評審局大會決定就我們
一直沿用的評審標準及準則進行檢討；
其二是制定《院校評審手冊（申請私立大
學名銜）》。
評審局採用的評審標準及準則，對於香
港教育及培訓發展具深遠影響。這些標
準必須反映社會的需要，確保能正確反
映院校有能力裝備學生在畢業後投身社
會。現時我們採用的評審標準及準則，
乃是在資歷架構十年前推出時定立，因
此我們認為有必要進行檢討，以確保這
些標準及準則切合現在與未來的需要。
我們深盼在檢討過程中能夠得到相關持
份者的支持和意見。
政府早前公布成立私立大學的路線圖，
其中一項準則是要求申請院校已獲取評
審局院校評審資格。此乃自資院校邁向
成為私立大學的重要里程，評審局很高
興能夠參加其中。自資院校在取得「學
科範圍評審」資格後成立私立大學，實
屬自然的發展過程，這顯示出院校具備
良好往績，有足夠能力管理機構及營辦
課程。