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Briefing and Sharing Session on Diversity Learning Grant (DLG)

Briefing and Sharing Session on Diversity Learning Grant (DLG). Date: 10 March 2010 (Wednesday) Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Venue: Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West Block, Kowloon Tong Education Service Centre, Kowloon Tong. Programme.

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Briefing and Sharing Session on Diversity Learning Grant (DLG)

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  1. Briefing and Sharing Session on Diversity Learning Grant (DLG) Date: 10 March 2010 (Wednesday)Time: 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.Venue: Lecture Theatre, 4/F, West Block, Kowloon Tong Education Service Centre, Kowloon Tong

  2. Programme

  3. DLG for the Second Cohort of New Senior Secondary Students(from 2010/11 to 2012/13 school years) Other Languages and Other Programmes Ref: EDBCM No. 13/2010

  4. Applied Learning • Provisional ApL courses & Adapted ApL courses (for ID students) will be announced in the beginning of 11/12 school year • Separate CMs invite application and separate briefing will be conducted at due course

  5. Categories of the DLG • Applied Learning (ApL) • For S5-S6 (i.e. from 2011 onwards) • 75% of the average course fee (for 2 years) of the ApL courses enrolled by the school as a whole, with a subsidy ceiling of $8,250 per student per course. • A safety net for ApL courses will be put in place to assist schools with genuine financial difficulty, such as schools having eight NSS classes or more per level • This would be considered on a case-by-case basis.

  6. Average course fee : • average course fee means average fee of all the ApL courses enrolled by that particular cohort of students in the school • Will be further analysed in the ApL presentation which will be conducted at a later stage

  7. Categories of the DLG • Other Languages (OL) • $3,500 per student per year • AS-Level French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Hindi and Urdu • Offered by the Cambridge International Examination (CIE) and administrated by the HKEAA

  8. Linkage of the AS Level CIE • CIE (from HKEAA): http://www.hkeaa.edu.hk/en/HKDSE/Subject_Information/other_lang/ • CIE Website: http://www.cie.org.uk/ • Cambridge International AS Level Subjects: http://www.cie.org.uk/qualifications/academic/uppersec/alevel

  9. Statistics of DLG for 09/10 s.y. • Other Languages • Number of Schools involved: 32 • Number of Students Other Languages: 707

  10. Categories of the DLG • Other Programmes (OP) • $7,000 per NSS class per year • Gifted Education programmes • Network programmes

  11. OP–Gifted Education Programmes Level 3: Level 2: Level 1: X

  12. OP – Network Programmes • NSS subjects • School-based Assessment • Qualified subject teachers • Inform HKEAA

  13. Can schools charge students fee for taking the DLG programmes? • In accordance with the introduction of 12 years of free education, schools should not charge students additional fees for taking ApL courses, Other Languages and network programmes.

  14. Can schools charge students fee for taking the DLG programmes? • Gifted Education Programmes • enhancement programmes like the fee-charging credit-bearing programmes/ web-based courses offered by local and overseas tertiary institutions • fee may be charged

  15. Statistics of DLG for 09/10 s.y. Network Programmes

  16. On or Before 9 May 2010 Application Procedures

  17. 3-year Plan • Broaden subject choices for students • Endorsed by their SMC/IMC • Incorporated into the school’s annual plan in the form of an annex • Uploaded onto school’s homepage before the end of November 2010

  18. Upload before end of November No need to submit to EDB

  19. Payment and Accounting Arrangement of OL and OP

  20. Financial Arrangement for the 2nd Cohort of NSS students ApL OP OL Same Treatment for the 3rd Cohort August 2011 December 2010 August 2010 December 2012 December 2011 August 2012

  21. DLG ApL Therefore in 2012/13.. DLG OL DLG OP DLG ApL 4th Cohort (2012-2015) [Under review] DLG ApL DLG OL DLG OP 3rd Cohort (2011-2014) DLG OL DLG OP 2nd Cohort (2010-2013)

  22. Hiring Outside Services, Purchases and Staff Appointment • Aided schools: • EDB Circular No. 15/2007 dated 14 December 2007 on Tendering and Purchasing Procedures. • DSS & Caput schools: • Refer to EDB Circular No. 15/2007 • DSS schools: • Should read circular letter on “Financial Management in Direct Subsidy Scheme Schools” dated 21 November 2007. • Government Schools: • SPR • DLG should cover all appointment related expenditures including salaries, leave entitlement and related benefits such as Mandatory Provident Fund and any other statutory benefits conferred by the Employment Ordinance.

  23. Other Issues • Insurance • Q22: Some schools hold a number of activities during holidays outside the school premises or even outside Hong Kong. Would these activities be covered by the BIP? • A22: Yes, provided that the activities are organised/endorsed by the school/Education Bureau (EDB). The policy’s geographical limit is extended to worldwide in respect of temporary visits. • SBA • Right to teach • Grant adjustment mechanism • Auditing

  24. Enquiry • www.edb.gov.hk/334 or

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