The Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, said that he is willing to promote a permanent Continuing Education Development Plan during Wednesday’s Legislative Assembly plenary meeting.
According to Tam, a total of 145,000 residents participated in the first installment of this plan. In the second phase (2014 to 2016), the number went up to 167,000. In the third phase (as of Dec. 31, 2018), the number of participants was 128,000.
The director of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ), Lou Pak Sang, said that currently, the third phase of the plan is undergoing a mid-term review, and the DSEJ will start preparing a draft of the fourth installment of the plan later.
As reported by Lou, for the first and second phases, each resident spent MOP3,500 and MOP4,000 on average respectively.
Lou claimed that the government fund for implementing the plan is sufficient at this current stage.
By Dec. 31 last year, about 2,500 inspections had been conducted at the course providers.
Regarding fake reports of the number of course attendees, the government hopes to solve the problem in the fourth phase by requiring students to use ID cards to enter the classes.
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