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Engaging with the Over 170 briefing sessions, training sessions,
workshops and conference sessions were
Education Community conducted in 2018/19 for different subjects,
including workshops on question-setting and
marking of written examinations, teachers’
The Advisory Committee on Public Examinations conferences and experience-sharing
Administration, consisting of school principals sessions on School-based Assessment (SBA),
from various school councils and school and training sessions on designing SBA tasks
teachers, met twice during the year to and developing assessment rubrics for
discuss examination administration matters, specific subjects.
including the 2019 Hong Kong Diploma of
Secondary Education Examination (HKDSE)
speaking examination schedule for candidates Engaging with the Public
with special educational needs (SEN),
examination timetable for the 2020 HKDSE,
review of home centre arrangements for SEN In January 2019, an annual Open Day and
candidates and changes to applications four sessions of Information Seminars on the
for special examination arrangements HKDSE Core Subjects were organised. Over
1,000 visits by members of the public,
(SEAs), etc. Members also shared views on
setting differential fees for non-local candidates including students and parents, were
entering the HKDSE. recorded.
The Parent Seminar series aiming to raise
To further enhance the work of examination parents’ understanding about the HKDSE and
administration, the Committee also discussed
the proposal of online submission of Data other examinations suitable for secondary
Access Request (DAR) for obtaining school students was held in September
examination scripts. The Committee will 2018 and August 2019. The two seminar
deliberate some new initiatives such as the sessions attracted about 750 participants.
A seminar for Non-Chinese Speaking (NCS)
delivery of DAR report in softcopy only and
the online release of HKDSE examination students and their parents was jointly organised
results to school candidates via schools in by the HKEAA and the Committee on
September 2019. Home-School Co-operation, Hong Kong Institute
of Vocational Education, Hong Kong Police
Force and Salesians of Don Bosco Ng Siu Mui
Briefing sessions on the review of examinations
were held for all 24 Category A subjects and Secondary School in March 2019. During the
Applied Learning subjects from September to seminar, we introduced a suite of international
November 2018. Teachers were briefed on examinations for secondary school leavers.
the gist of the examination questions, marking
criteria and performance of candidates.
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