Hong Kong should invest in Professional Education instead of General Education
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Hong Kong should Invest in Professional Education
instead of General Education
POLS 7050 Public Administration
09409394 CHEUNG Pui Yi, Pearl
09418199 LEUNG Ho Yin, Robbie
Importance of Education
• Individual advantages
social benefits
• Individual and society are interlocking
• Education is concerned by United Nation
General Education Professional Education
Acquisition knowledge and Values
Acquisition working Skills and professional knowledge
Emphasis on society values Emphasis on personal values
Academic, classic, humanistic, general culture
Skills in the working process
Adaptable to social changes Inflexibility in social changes
General and Professional Education
Things to consider - Resources
• Resources
Millennium Development Goals Report 2008
Year Structure of HK1941 Entrepot
1950s Industrialization
garments and textile product
1960s electronic product and printing
1970s Modernization and diversification
tourism, finance, business
Things to consider - Structure
Things to consider – Future Planning
Advantages and Disadvantages of General and Professional Education in HK
Types of education
Advantages Disadvantages
Professional Education
Economic stability Social instability
General Education
Social stability Economic instability
Recommendation
• 1. Identify the niches and position our universities
• 2. Globalization
(a) Internationalization
(b) Branding & Marketing
(c) Tighter collaboration with Shenzhen & China
• 3. New & Breakthrough
1. Identify the niches and positions our universities
Most Preferred University Graduates
24%
16%
13%
10%
2% 2%1% 1%
1% 2%1%
14%
11%
4%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
2006
2007
2008
2009
Valid samples (2009): 216Standard error (for 2009 at 95% confidence level): +/-6.8%
HKU CUHKPolyU HKUST CityULUHKIEd Overseas universities
Others No preference
Don’t know
Won’t employHKSYU HKBU
Perceived Deficiencies of University Students
21%
13%13%
12%
10%9%
8%7%
7% 7%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
2006200720082009
Total samples (2009) : 1,201^ Changes being statistically significant at 95% confidence level.
ConductConductand and honestyhonesty
Work Work Attitude^Attitude^
Proficiency Proficiency in Chi, in Chi, Eng Eng and PTHand PTH
Social / Social / interpersonal interpersonal SkillsSkills
GlobalGlobalprospect /prospect /foresightforesight
Critical Critical thinking thinking andandproblem-problem-solvingsolvingability^ability^
AcademicAcademicandandprofessionalprofessionalKnowledge^Knowledge^
CommitmentCommitmentto societyto society
Social / Social / workworkexperienceexperience
Independence^Independence^
2. Globalization
2(a) Internationalization
• Student population
• Staff population
• Supporting facilities & services
• Language & cultural courses
• Competitive curriculum
2(b) Branding & Marketing
Distinctive position in Asia and the World
An international financial and business hub
Unique blend of eastern and western culture
World’s Gateway to China and vice versa
Safety, Law and Order
Chinese Language and Culture
$18,000$40,000$40000$ 49,000$34,000Average total costs per academic year
$5,000$17,000$15000$5,000$11,000Average living costs per academic year
$13,000$23,000$25,000$44,000$23,000Average undergraduate tuition fees/academic year
HK HKU
Australia Melb’rne
UK UCL
USA Chicago
Canada UBC
Country and University selected as example:
CountriesShare of tertiary students abroad
within the OECD area
1. China 7%
2. Korea 5%
3. Japan 4%
4. Greece 4%
5. Germany 4%
6. France 3%
7. India 3%
8. Turkey 3%
9. Malaysia 3%
10. Italy 3%
11. Morocco 3%
12. Hong Kong China 2%
13. U.S.A 2%
14. Indonesia 2%
2(c) Tighter collaboration with Shenzhen & China
3. New & Breakthrough