LCQ 6: Confluence and Elevation - School Excellence Project

Following is a question by the Hon Tang Fei and a reply by the Secretary for Education, Dr Choi Yuk-lin, in the Legislative Council today (October 14): Question: Given the changes in the school-age population, the Chief Executive has proposed the "Confluence and Elevation - School Excellence Project" in the 2026 Policy Address to encourage mergers of suitable publicly-funded primary and secondary schools, consolidating resources and raising the quality of education. Regarding the specific arrangements of the Project, will the Government inform this Council: (1) when the specific implementation timetable, eligibility criteria and vetting and approval criteria of the Project will be announced; how the authorities will assess the scope of operation and resource integration of schools after mergers, so as to ensure that the Project achieves the policy objective of raising the quality of education; (2) what measures the authorities have in place to support schools in addressing the issues of manpower deployment for teachers and utilisation of school premises arising from mergers, including whether transitional arrangements for teachers will be provided, and whether the consolidation of

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