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" The IR [Institutional
Review] report has concluded that HKIEd is strongly led in
respect of quality and is ready to move to self-accreditation.
It is academically desirable to allow a degree-awarding institution
to be self-accrediting, provided that it is deemed to be capable
of undertaking such responsibility. "
(Press Release of EMB, 24 March 2004)
Self-accreditation gives the institution an
incentive to develop a quality assurance process of its own
that fits its particular academic profile and administrative
structures, and facilitates the integration of quality assurance
and programme planning and implementation. It will engender
among academic staff, and within the institution as a whole,
a greater sense of responsibility and pride in the programmes
they plan to offer. The proposal will also provide more flexibility
for HKIEd to run new and revamp existing teacher education
programmes at degree and above levels to meet the policy requirements
of the Administration and the needs of the education sector.
Upon the granting of self-accrediting status,
the institution will still be required to continue its endeavour
in quality, particularly in:-
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not relaxing its commitment
to quality; |
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proceeding with the process of simplifying
its structures and procedures for internal governance
along the lines it has already identified; |
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taking every possible step to build in
safeguards against the possible parochialising of its
educational and professional discourse, especially in
primary teacher education, the area in which it is Hong
Kong's majority provider; and |
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a continuing commitment to research/scholarship
activities which feed back into professional development
and course improvement. |
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(Legislative Council
Brief - Self-Accreditation for the Hong Kong Institute
of Education,
EMB, 24 March 2004) |
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