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The Education Bureau EDB today June 17 announced the Blueprint for Digital Education Development in Primary and Secondary Schools compiled by the Curriculum Development Council CDC which provides a clear guiding direction and implementation strategies for promoting the digital transformation of education in primary and secondary schools across Hong Kong in the future It aims to enhance students digital literacy and equip the younger generation to seize the opportunities and meet the challenges of the digital era
In line with the recommendations of the Steering Committee on Strategic Development of Digital Education the Blueprint proposes Four Key Focuses Ten Strategies driving forward along four key development directions namely nurturing talent with both digital literacy and humanistic qualities strengthening teacher training to drive digital transformation of education optimising infrastructure to build smart campuses and promoting crosssector collaboration to cocreate a digital education ecosystem
The Blueprint focuses on AI education providing clear guidelines for the school sector across comprehensive dimensions such as overall school planning teacher training student development infrastructure optimisation as well as exchange and collaboration Grounded in the four key development directions the Blueprint proposes 10 strategies with the relevant recommendations outlined below
I Nurturing talent with both digital literacy and humanistic qualities
Formulate the AI Literacy Learning Framework for Primary and Secondary Schools to systematically cultivate students knowledge skills and proper values related to digital technology
Strengthen mathematics science and technology education to enhance students innovation and technology IT capabilities to launch the Information Technology and IT Curriculum Framework for Primary Schools in 202627 school year etc
Integrate learning elements related to digital education into the primary and secondary curricula organically promote the AICurriculum and issue the Guide to Using AI in Teaching in Primary and Secondary Schools
II Strengthening teacher training to drive digital transformation of education
Formulate teacher professional training requirements for digital education to complete a minimum of 30 hours of training related to digital education within each threeyear cycle of the Continuing Professional Development
Provide tiered diversified professional development activities in digital education to strengthen schools professional capacity to lead change and pedagogical innovation to offer more than 50 000 training places each year
III Optimising infrastructure to build smart campuses
Promote the development of smart campuses and actively explore how AI can assist schools in handling administrative work to reduce workload enhance capacity and improve school governance and efficiency
Leverage the enhanced School Development and Accountability Framework to drive school improvement and enable schools to refine their implementation of digital education
Strengthen support services provide resource support and build a comprehensive platform for digital education learning resources to set aside 2 billion in the Quality Education Fund for support
IV Promoting crosssector collaboration to cocreate a digital education ecosystem
Promote homeschool cooperation to cocultivate proper values and good attitudes in students
Bring together various stakeholders including professional bodies to jointly build a digital education ecosystem for primary and secondary schools including exchanges and cooperation with the Mainland and internationally
The EDB today also disbursed a oneoff grant of 500000 to all publicly funded schools to launch a threeyear AI for Empowering Learning and Teaching Funding Programme to plan schoolbased AIempowered education measures and organise AI teacher training courses covering various levels providing comprehensive support for schools to implement digital education Schools should incorporate digital education into school development plans andor school annual plans in the next school year 20262027 with reference to the Blueprint and relevant curriculum documents and formulate schoolbased implementation strategies
The Secretary for Education Dr Choi Yuklin said The EDB welcomes the Blueprint compiled by the CDC which aligns closely with the EDBs strategic planning to connect with the National 15th FiveYear Plan and the trend of AI Education The Blueprint in conjunction with measures such as the AI for Empowering Learning and Teaching Funding Programme will enable Hong Kongs education to stay at the forefront of the times with a dynamic and forwardlooking mindset The restructuring of education in the digital age is a systemic transformation We are not only focusing on hardware upgrades but also actively promoting a deep shift in teaching and learning paradigms and comprehensively implementing AI education for students
The EDB will study the strategies and measures proposed in the Blueprint and looks forward to continuing to work hand in hand with the school sector and relevant stakeholders to help students make good use of technology to realise their dreams jointly writing a new chapter in Hong Kongs school education and making a contribution to building China into a leading country in education and cultivating future talent
The Blueprint for Digital Education Development in Primary and Secondary Schools and the Supplements have been uploaded to the EDBs website wwwedbgovhkenDEBP for schools teachers and public viewing
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Blueprint for Digital Education Development in Primary and Secondary Schools Executive Summary
