Hong Kong Education City Portal Fails to Meet User Targets, Audit Report Finds
Audit Commission report reveals thousands of teaching resources and assessment items never downloaded or used, with shrinking student population cited as key factor
Hızlı Bakış
- An Audit Commission report released Wednesday found that EdCity, a Hong Kong government-funded online portal for teachers and students, failed to meet its user number targets with thousands of teaching resources and assessment items never downloaded or used.
- The platform had 272 teaching resources never downloaded, about 20 items not viewed at all, and more than 2,700 online assessment items for teachers never used.
- In 2023-24, EdCity's income was HK$64.6 million with expenditure of HK$64.5 million.
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Hong Kong Education City is a government-funded online portal that provides digital teaching resources and electronic books for primary and secondary students. The platform was launched to support digital education in Hong Kong and received consistent government funding.
A Hong Kong government-funded online portal that provides resources for teachers and school students has failed to meet its user number target, with thousands of items never being downloaded, viewed or used, according to an audit report. The Audit Commission report, which was released on Wednesday, also cited remarks from the executive director of Hong Kong Education City (EdCity) that the platform's low usage was due to the city's shrinking student population. The report found that the portal's 272 teaching resources had never been downloaded, about 20 were not viewed at all, and more than 2,700 online assessment items for teachers were never used. In 2023-24, EdCity's total income was HK$64.6 million (US$8.2 million), while its expenditure was HK$64.5 million. The low usage of its electronic resources formed one of the report's main criticisms. EdCity launched four electronic resource products, including the eRead Scheme, in 2015 to provide a subscription service for primary and secondary students that granted access to its collection of more than 5,000 Chinese and English electronic books.
Açık Sorular
- What specific measures will EdCity take to improve resource utilization?
- How will the shrinking student population be addressed in future planning?
- Will the government reconsider funding levels based on this audit?
