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A Caring Organisation
To encourage work-life balance, a five-day Other training programmes on problem
work week was officially implemented from solving, critical thinking and communication
September 2018. As a family-friendly skills, as well as project and time
employer, we have decided to extend paid management were offered to staff members
paternity leave from three to five days, and across the board. A total of 1,100 participants
paid maternity leave from 10 to 14 weeks attended various training activities with an
effective from 1 January 2019, well before average of 13 training hours devoted to each
they became mandatory by law. staff member during the year. Meanwhile,
professional bodies, including the Equal
All Staff Meetings were held to exchange Opportunities Commission, the Independent
ideas and share updates, including the latest Commission Against Corruption and the
developments of the HKEAA and human Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data were
resource policies. To boost staff morale, we commissioned to deliver training programmes
continued to recognise and present to raise and maintain legal compliance
awards to some distinguished and awareness among staff.
long-serving staff members.
In 2018/19, the assessment literacy training Corporate Social Responsibility
programme has continued to raise staff’s
knowledge of research design and
methodology, management of a diverse The HKEAA has been upgrading its Onscreen
range of examinations and assessments, and Marking System (OSM) and computers to
computer-based testing. enhance the quality and efficiency of marking
scripts. As a socially responsible
To ensure a sustainable development of our organisation, the HKEAA donated 89 used
workforce, we have formulated a talent OSM computers and accessories to the
management strategy for the HKEAA’s HKSYCIA Wong Tai Shan Memorial College
succession plan, and rolled out a new phase and Yan Chai Hospital Wong Wha San
of the Leadership Development Programme. Secondary School in June 2019. Both schools
Customised leadership training workshops play host to our on-campus assessment centres.
and individualised development plans for Going forward, we will donate used computers
potential successors were undertaken in late on a larger scale to local secondary schools
2018. in the 2019/20 school year.
Students of HKSYCIA Wong Tai Shan Memorial College talked to Dr So Kwok-sang,
Secretary General of the HKEAA, on how they deploy new operating system on the
used computers for learning
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