< Quality Education Fund
Date of application/ usual deadline
Year round
Eligibility
Schools, educational bodies and organizations registered under the laws of Hong Kong and individuals who are permanent residents in Hong Kong are eligible to apply.
Procedure/ Remarks
In assessing applications, the QEF Steering Committee has decided that all QEF projects should:
i. fall within the scope of the QEF and be able to meet its objective to enhance quality school education;
ii. be mainly undertaken in Hong Kong; and
iii. not carry any recurrent financial implications on the QEF beyond its own project duration.
Apart from the above prerequisites, the QEF Steering Committee assesses the merits of an application in accordance with the following vetting criteria :
( A ) Quality of project proposal
The project must be conceptually sound, and have clear objectives and innovative ideas. In addition, the project should be comprehensive in its design, feasible, able to bring about change of culture in the school and supported by people with the appropriate qualifications and experience.
( B ) Teacher/school professional development
This criterion refers to the degree of teacher involvement in the project. Teachers' involvement should not be confined to the administrative aspect of the project; their professional involvement is of paramount importance. In this connection, the extent to which teachers' professional development can be enhanced and the means to achieve this should be spelt out.
( C ) Cost-effectiveness
The cost-effectiveness of the project is related to the end products to be developed, the number of beneficiaries and the scope of activities proposed. The proposal should indicate whether the activities can continue after completion of the project.
( D ) Other factors
Other factors include the project's potential for wider dissemination; whether the project is jointly undertaken by a cluster of schools; whether it involves the participation of the private sector or has a matching contribution of resources from the private sector; and the track record of the applicant's involvement in similar undertakings in the past.
i. fall within the scope of the QEF and be able to meet its objective to enhance quality school education;
ii. be mainly undertaken in Hong Kong; and
iii. not carry any recurrent financial implications on the QEF beyond its own project duration.
Apart from the above prerequisites, the QEF Steering Committee assesses the merits of an application in accordance with the following vetting criteria :
( A ) Quality of project proposal
The project must be conceptually sound, and have clear objectives and innovative ideas. In addition, the project should be comprehensive in its design, feasible, able to bring about change of culture in the school and supported by people with the appropriate qualifications and experience.
( B ) Teacher/school professional development
This criterion refers to the degree of teacher involvement in the project. Teachers' involvement should not be confined to the administrative aspect of the project; their professional involvement is of paramount importance. In this connection, the extent to which teachers' professional development can be enhanced and the means to achieve this should be spelt out.
( C ) Cost-effectiveness
The cost-effectiveness of the project is related to the end products to be developed, the number of beneficiaries and the scope of activities proposed. The proposal should indicate whether the activities can continue after completion of the project.
( D ) Other factors
Other factors include the project's potential for wider dissemination; whether the project is jointly undertaken by a cluster of schools; whether it involves the participation of the private sector or has a matching contribution of resources from the private sector; and the track record of the applicant's involvement in similar undertakings in the past.
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