The government plans to launch a public consultation on possible amendments to a by-law on vocational education by the end of the year, Wong Kin Mou, who heads the Research and Educational Resources Department of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), said yesterday.
Wong made the remarks during a press conference about a regular meeting of the Non-Tertiary Education Committee. The closed-door meeting was held at the bureau.
Yesterday’s meeting discussed, among other things, a research report on vocational education in Macau. The bureau commissioned the Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences to carry out the study.
Wong Kin Mou (centre), who heads the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau’s (DSEJ) Research and Educational Resources Department, speaks during yesterday’s press conference at the bureau while Ng Vai Hong (left), who heads the bureau’s Secondary and Vocational Education Division, and Chen Song, a researcher from the Shanghai Academy of Educational Sciences, look on. Photo: Tony Wong
