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