The HKCAAVQ provides assessment services to the general
public, organisations, and government bureaux/departments on
qualifications awarded by granting bodies outside Hong Kong. The
assessment is conducted on a person’s educational attainments
in totality by comparing the learning outcomes achieved through
their learning path against a particular level of qualification in Hong
Kong. We are also engaged by the Education Bureau to provide
qualifications assessment services for prospective teachers with
overseas qualifications who wish to apply for teacher registration in
Hong Kong.
Rising Demand for Assessment Service
In 2013/14, the HKCAAVQ processed 3,531 qualifications assessment
cases, a 6% rise when compared to the figure in the previous year.
This year, more qualifications pitched at the Postgraduate level as
well as Secondary level have been assessed. The United Kingdom
and Mainland China remained the two major sources of demand for
assessment services. During the year, we also witnessed significant
drop in applications for assessment of qualifications originating from
Canada, France, Pakistan and India. The reduction of applications
from these countries was related to staff recruitment practices of
international schools and fewer applications received from the Quality
Migrant Admission Scheme (QMAS) of the Immigration Department.
Qualifications Assessment Cases by source of application (1 April 2013 – 31 March 2014)
Level of Major Qualifications held by Applicants (1 April 2013 – 31 March 2014)
Places of Award of the Major Qualifications held by Applicants (1 April 2013 – 31 March 2014)
Engaging Local and International Communities
To keep abreast of the development of international practices in
qualifications assessment, we attended the Annual Conference held
by the UK’s National Recognition Information Centre (UK NARIC) in
London in November 2013. In addition, we were invited to deliver
talks to school principals, career masters and the general public about
our work and procedures in qualification assessment on different
occasions such as the sharing session organised by the Education
Bureau and the education and career exposition. These exchanges
of views and experiences will help the HKCAAVQ to continually refine
its assessment models, policy and guiding principles in qualifications
assessment.
Internal Review
In 2013, the HKCAAVQ continued with its internal review of
qualifications assessment and has incorporated recent local
educational developments such as the Award Titles Scheme (ATS)
and the Use of Credits under the Qualifications Framework into the
QA Service. We have developed our first Country/Area Profile for the
United Kingdom as a platform for sharing knowledge on its education
systems and qualifications as well as serving as an efficient tool for
assessing U.K. qualifications cases.
Looking Forward
With the experience gained in the development of our first Country/Area Profile, the HKCAAVQ will continue to develop profiles of other
countries/areas which together will cover 80% of all qualifications
assessment cases.
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