📋 Tender Overview
The Government welcomed the passage of the Post Secondary Colleges Amendment Bill 2025 by the Legislative Council today June 25 which aims to enhance the regulatory and quality assurance mechanisms of selffinancing postsecondary institutions with a view to facilitating the healthy and sustainable development of the selffinancing postsecondary education sector
The Bill amends the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance Cap 320 Its three key features are i reforming the regulatory regime for the selffinancing postsecondary education sector to improve governance ensuring the quality transparency and accountability of selffinancing institutions ii removing barriers suitably including rationalising the arrangements for selffinancing institutions to award degrees to enhance efficiency and effectiveness and iii forging a unified regulatory framework to promote coherence in quality assurance governance positioning and overall coordination
The Secretary for Education Dr Choi Yuklin said Selffinancing postsecondary institutions form an integral part of the postsecondary education sector in Hong Kong The Government has long supported the parallel development of the selffinancing and publicly funded postsecondary education sectors The passage of the Bill signifies an important milestone for the development of the selffinancing sector We envisage that the enhanced regulatory framework can further support the capacity expansion and quality enhancement of the selffinancing sector with a view to harnessing its advantages in terms of flexibility and diversity to cultivate talent for the country and Hong Kong and make more proactive contributions towards Hong Kongs development into an international postsecondary education hub and building China into a leading country in education
The Post Secondary Colleges Amendment Ordinance 2025 will be gazetted on July 4 Save for clauses relating to the delegation of authority to approve the award of degrees from the Chief Executive in Council to the Secretary for Education which will come into operation on August 1 2025 the commencement date of the other major provisions will be August 1 2026 For relevant institutions that are not currently registered under Cap 320 there will be a transitional period of around three years until July 31 2028 to complete the registration procedures
The Education Bureau in collaboration with the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications will continue to maintain close liaison with selffinancing institutions to ensure the smooth implementation of the enhanced regulatory framework and relevant transitional arrangements
