The impact of Hong Kong Pre-School Education Voucher Scheme (PEVS) on Teacher

RUNNING HEAD : Hong Kong Education

The Impact of Hong Kong Pre-School Education Voucher Scheme on Teachers Professional Development

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Background Information

The pre-school education voucher scheme was launched by the government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in September 2007 .The scheme was meant to introduce reforms in education in efforts to promote good early childhood education as the foundation for a child 's lifelong learning (Education Department , 2000 .Based on this scheme , every parent who has a child aged between

3 and 6 years should be given a voucher worth 13 ,000 every year (HKU Faculty of Education , 2008 . Out of the 13 ,000 10 ,000 can be used by the parents to pay tuition fees in the kindergartens . The remaining 3000 should then be used for the professional development of the teachers in pre-school institutions The pre-school education voucher should be used under certain conditions . These conditions are , that the voucher should not be used for generating profit , pre-school institutions such as kindergartens must make sure their accounts are open for inspection , the school must attain the set Education Bureau benchmarks within 5 years based on the pre-school quality of education , and tuition fees need to be under 24 ,000 for half day and 42 ,000 for full day programs per student , per annum . Due to the restrictions that accompany the pre-school education voucher scheme in Hong Kong , stakeholders in the education sector have shown concern for the impact of the imposed restrictions...