Maximizing the Effectiveness of the CITG

6. Recommendations

6.9 Maximizing the Effectiveness of the CITG

Given limited resources available, if every party using/benefiting from the CITG would maximize his inputs and efficiency, the effectiveness of the grant could be optimized. Likewise, students would learn from their teachers, the users of the grant, as role models, regarding the importance of striking the balance between exercising their rights and performing their duties.

6.10 Increase Support for the CITG Provision

It was found that more than half of the Schools had deployed non-CITG funds, to supplement their CITG provisions on ITEd related expenditures in the 2006/07 school year. To provide sufficient coverage and budget for schools to meet their operational needs on ITEd, the EDB could consider providing them with appropriate support in the provision of CITG.

Grant Rate of Composite IT Grant (CITG) from 2004/05 to 2007/08 School Years

School Type School Year

2004/05 CCPI -0.1%

2005/06 CCPI +1.2%

2006/07 CCPI +2.2%

2007/08 CCPI +1.3%

Primary Whole-day

18 class or below $189,936 $192,215 $216,717 $227620

19-24 classes $213,337 $215,897 $241,811 $253,492

25-30 classes $236,740 $239,581 $266,908 $279,366

31-36 class $260,142 $263,264 $292,003 $305,238

37 or more classes $283,544 $286,947 $317,098 $331,111

Bi-sessional

18 class or below $113,404 $114,765 $127,427 $133,126

19-24 classes $125,105 $126,606 $139,974 $146,062

25-30 classes $136,806 $138,448 $152,522 $158,999

31-36 class $148,507 $150,289 $165,069 $171,935

37 or more classes $160,209 $162,132 $177,618 $184,874

Secondary Grammar

18 class or below $188,085 $190,342 $222,373 $240,244

19-24 classes $211,486 $214,024 $248,293 $267,370

25-30 classes $234,889 $237,708 $274,215 $294,499

31-36 class $258,290 $261,389 $300,134 $321,624

37 or more classes $281,693 $285,073 $326,056 $348,754

Ex-technical

18 class or below $211,486 $214,024 $258,014 $276,348

19-24 classes $234,888 $237,707 $283,935 $303,477

25-30 classes $258,290 $261,389 $309,855 $330,603

31-36 class $281,692 $285,072 $335,776 $357,730

37 or more classes $305,095 $308,756 $361,698 $384,859

Ex-prevocational

18 class or below $225,527 $228,233 $269,926 $305,372

19-24 classes $248,929 $251,916 $295,847 $332,500

25-30 classes $272,331 $275,599 $321,768 $359,627

31-36 class $295,733 $299,282 $347,688 $386,755

37 or more classes $319,136 $322,966 $373,610 $413,883

Special

14 classes or less $182,530 $184,720 $204,195 $217,715

15-18 classes $186,234 $188,469 $211,266 $225,064

19-24 classes $209,635 $212,151 $235,837 $250,141

25-30 classes $233,038 $235,834 $260,482 $275,330

31-36 classes $256,439 $259,516 $285,127 $300,520

37 or more classes $279,842 $283,200 $309,773 $325,710

Remarks

Note 1: For primary schools, Intensive Remedial Teaching Programmes (IRTP) are excluded in the calculation of the grant.

Note 2: Rate is on per session basis for a bi-sessional primary school. The session with more classes will determine the entitled rate.

Note 3: 4-month maintenance provision for ITED projects was excluded in the calculation of the grant rate for the 2006/07 school year.

Note 4: For eligible secondary and special schools with MMLCs which are still in use, additional sum of provision per school per annum is provided starting from 2006/07 school year-

School Year Additional Provision

2006/07 $46,808 (total 95 eligible schools)

2007/08 $47,417 (total 93 eligible schools)

Annex I

Distribution of School Categories and Sizes in the 2007/08 School Year

Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample Actual Sample

Aided Primary (BIS) ^{[Note 1]}

Aided Primary (WD) ^{[Note 2]}

Government Primary (BIS) ^{[Note 1]}

Government Primary (WD)^{[Note 2]}

Aided Secondary - - - - 2 1 - - - - 1 1 - - 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 - - - - 3 1 - - 6 1 1 1 3 1 5 1 1 1 5 1 2 1 47 11

Caput ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ² ¹ ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ¹ ¹ ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^-

-Government

Secondary ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ¹ ¹ ^- ^- ¹ ¹ ^- ^- ¹ ¹ ¹ ¹ ^- ^- ¹ ¹ ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ¹ ¹ ¹ ^- ³ ¹ Special ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ³ ¹ ⁴ ¹ ² ¹ ⁸ ³ ¹⁴ ⁶ ⁷ ³ ³ ¹ ⁶ ³ ² ¹ ^- ^- ¹ ¹ ^- ^- ¹ ¹ ³ ¹ ² ¹ ^- ^- ¹ ¹ ² ¹ ^- ^- ^- -Total Sch. No. (by size) 1 1 13 3 10 3 8 2 33 9 8 3 14 4 28 11 20 7 22 8 44 16 9 3 12 4 14 6 8 3 17 5 31 12 12 4 19 7 19 7 24 9 24 8 145 38

Aided Primary (BIS) ^{[Note 1]}

Aided Primary (WD) ^{[Note 2]}

Government Primary (BIS) ^{[Note 1]}

Government Primary (WD)^{[Note 2]}

Aided Secondary ¹⁹ ⁵ ¹¹ ³ ⁵³ ¹² ¹⁷ ⁴ ¹²⁹ ³⁰ ⁹ ² ³⁹ ⁸ ^- ^- ¹ ¹ ³ ¹ ¹ ¹ ⁶ ¹ ^- ^- ¹ ¹ ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ² ¹

Caput 1 1 - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

-Government

Secondary ² ¹ ² ¹ ⁴ ¹ ¹ ¹ ⁹ ² ^- ^- ⁵ ² ^- ^- ² ¹ ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- -Special - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

-Total Sch. No. (by size) ³⁷ ¹² ²⁰ ⁶ ⁶⁶ ¹⁷ ²³ ⁶ ¹⁶⁰ ³⁹ ⁸³ ²¹ ⁵⁴ ¹³ ¹ ¹ ⁵ ³ ⁶ ³ ¹ ¹ ¹⁰ ² ^- ^- ² ² ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ^- ² ¹

Note 1 : ''BIS'' refers to primary schools with operation of AM and PM sessions at the same school premises. These schools receive CITG Bi-sessional school grant rate for each session and each session is counted as one school site in the above statistical table.

Note 2 : ''WD'' refers to primary schools with operation of solely whole-day classes, or a mixed mode of either AM or PM session plus whloe-day classes at the same school premises. These schools receive CITG Whole-day school grant rate for the whole school premises and only one school site is counted for all sessions in the above statistical table.

No. of Operating Classes in 2007/08 School Year

C.L. : 95%

C.I. :5%

(X) Total Sch. No.

37 38

31 32 33 34

1.0%

5.4%

(by category)

197

1,005

16 403

101

8.9%

100%

6 32 52 585 27

300

- -

-10

- - - -

- 7 2 1 1

- 25

189

- 1 1 - - 4.3%

32.3%

95 372

- - - -

- - - - -2

1 4 2 - -2

1 - - - - - - 10 1.7%

- - - - -1

1 - - -

- 4 1 -

- - - 2 1 13

3 61 14 9 2 5

1 4 1 5 1 11

3 33.7%

- -

- - - -

- 2 1 - -6

2 2 1 - -2

1 4 2 - -2

1 12.6%

39 40 41 42

35 36

25 26

585 x 100%

Actual Sample

27 28 29 30

School Category

6 2 3

1 1 1 1

1 2

1 1 1 - - -

- - - -

- 2 1 -

- - - 2 1

- - - -

- - - - - - - 2 1

- - - -

-9

3 15 4 9 3 12 3 61 14

2 21 6 7 2

2 9 3 7 2

3 22 5 6 1

1 11 3 9 2

1 25 6 5 1

1 1 13 3 8 2

4 2 2 1 4 2 8 3 26 9

- 4 2 - -4

2 - - - -6

2 12 5 -

- 2 1 -

- - - -

-15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

9 10 11 12 13 14

Annex II

5 6

School Category ₂ ₃ ₄

No. of Operating Classes in 2007/08 School Year

7 8

(a) (b)

and / or and / or and / or and / or and / or

(e)

(f) (Sept 2006 to Aug 2007)

Total Expenditure on CITG

(g)

i) ii) iii)

Name of School ______________________________________ No. of Classes (2007/08 School Year) ___________________ Contact Person___________________ Contact No. ___________________

(a)

(e) (f)

__________________________($ ) + _______($ ) + others ($ ) = (b) ($ ) __________________________($ ) + _______($ ) + others ($ ) = (c) ($ ) __________________________($ ) + _______($ ) + others ($ ) = (d) ($ ) (d)

(b) (c)

(d)

________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (c) ($ )

(f) ________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (f) ($ ) (e) ________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (e) ($ ) (d) ________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (d) ($ ) (c)

________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (e) ($ )

Notes: Please provide major components of the above actual expenditures for 2007/08 S.Y.

(Sept 2007 up to end Feb 2008) ______________ /____________

Teaching

Internet Security

Services

(C) = (g)(i)+(g)(ii)+(g)(iii) Any Other Expenditure Items

________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (a) ($ )

(b) ________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (b) ($ ) ________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (e) ($ )

(a) ________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (a) ($ ) (f) ________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (f) ($ ) (e)

Total Expenditure on Other IT in

__________________________($ ) + _______($ ) + others ($ ) = (e) ($ ) __________________________($ ) + _______($ ) + others ($ ) = (f) ($ ) (Sept 2004 to Aug 2005)

Notes: Please provide major components of the above actual expenditures for 2004/05 S.Y.

__________________________($ ) + _______($ ) + others ($ ) = (a) ($ ) ______________ /____________

Education Related Items

________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (b) ($ )

________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (d) ($ ) (c) ________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (c) ($ ) (b)

in Education Related & the these Expenditure Items

(e) Employment of Technical

Support Personnel and / or Hiring of Technical Support

Facilities (a)

Beyond School Hours Notes: Please provide major components of the above actual expenditures for 2006/07 S.Y.

______________ /____________

Expenditure Item / Source of funding Extension of Schools’ IT Facilities Maintenance for Schools’ IT

(B) = (a)+(b)+(c)+(d)+(e)+(f)

your School perceived to be IT Source of Funding deployed for

Balance +/(-) (A)-(B)

(f) ________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (f) ($ ) Internet Connection and

Purchase of Digital Resources ________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (d) ($ ) Materials for Learning and

Purchase of IT-related Consumables

(d)

Survey on Expenditure on IT in Education Related Activities

(A) CITG

Your wish for CITG amount

and respective expenditure

items Sept 04

/ Aug 05

Actual

Sept 05 / Aug 06

Actual

Sept 06 / Aug 07

Actual

Sept 07 up to end Feb 08

Actual ________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (a) ($ ) ________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (b) ($ ) (a)

(B) Expenditure on CITGAmount of CITG received ________________($ ) + _________($ ) + others ($ ) = (c) ($ ) Notes: Please provide major components of the above actual expenditures for 2005/06 S.Y.

(Sept 2005 to Aug 2006)

(b) (c)

Annex IIIa

II.

Confidentiality

Please let us know your school’s achievement or good practices on areas related to IT in education which can

be shared with other schools. (Please use separate paper if necessary.) 1. All data provided will be strictly for the use of this survey only and will not be used for any accounting or auditing purpose.

2. On a random sample basis, the provided data are subject to a Data Confirmation Visit by our company at your convenience.

3. Information about your school’s identity will be deleted once data integrity is ensured.

You may choose to fill in either the hard-copy (in either English or in Chinese) or the soft copy.

To fill in the soft-copy of the questionnaire, please follow the downloading procedures below:

1. Please go to webpage http://www.dudleysurveyors.com/citg_survey 2. Login to the webpage with the following information:

User name : citg_user Password : dsl2008

3. After authentication, you will be directed to the downloading page to download the survey form in either English or Chinese format.

4. Please fill in the softcopy of the survey form and send it back to us by e-mailing to citg@dudleysurveyors.com

Alternatively, you can simply fill in the survey form in hardcopy and mail to Dudley Surveyors Limited , 9/F., Siu Ying Commercial Building, 153 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong (return envelop

enclosed).

When filing out the form:

- Please mark “N/A” for items not applicable. Be sure not to leave any blank unfilled.

- Please simply copy the historical records from your school’s annual audit accounts in respective school years.

- For any query, please call Mr. Frankie Lam on our hotline : 2525 0377.

- Please return this completed survey form (either soft-copy or hard-copy) on or before 18th April 2008 (Friday).

Teaching Staff ( %) Administrative Staff ( %) Technical support ( %) Administrative work ( %)

Is there any flexi-time working arrangement for your school’s office staff? If yes, please briefly describe.

Is there a computer club at your school?

(D) Other Comments

school’s systems, etc.) and performing administrative work (e.g. arrangement for quotations, etc.).

(including e-mail transmission) during daily operation.

Overall time share of your TSS personnel between providing technical support (e.g. problem shooting for of services from service provider?

Please give details of the TSS personnel’s academic achievements/related experience at your school.

Estimated percentage of your teaching staff and administrative staff who use computer from maintenance service provider(s).

Please provide your free views and wishes for the CITG, e.g. its provision and ambit, including areas you want to be covered for enhancing your school’s effectiveness in the implementation of IT in education. (Please use separate paper if necessary.)

(C) Others (Please provide details with reference to the 2007/08 school year) Objective of the CTIG Survey

Total number of computers (including desktop and portable) currently in use at your school.

To enhance schools’ effectiveness in using the CITG to cope with their needs in IT in education, we, the Dudley Surveyors Limited, have been hired by the Education Bureau (EDB) to conduct an independent survey on the arrangement of CITG and other expenditures on IT in education related activities

whereby 300 public sector schools are chosen randomly to be surveyed.

This questionnaire is used to gather factual information of your school relating to the IT in education during the past three and a half school years. We earnestly hope that you could kindly render your assistance in this survey and provide your valuable views and wishes in this respect.

Frequency of computer / system breakdown per month at your school.

Average number of times per month your school needs to call for hardware maintenance services

How many on-site Technical School Staff (TSS) personnel are directly employed by your school or by hire

Guidelines on Filling up this Questionnaire

09/2004 09/2005 09/2006 09/2007 您期望領取資

/ / / / 訊科技綜合津

08/2005 08/2006 08/2007 02尾/2008止貼的撥款額及

實數實數實數實數有關支出項目

(B) 資訊科技綜合津貼的支出 (a) 購買資訊科技相關的消耗品 (b) 購買數碼教學資源

及/或及/或及/或及/或及/或

(e)

(f)

(g)

i) ii) iii)

學校名稱: _________________________________________ 班數 (2007/08年度) : _________________ 聯絡人 : ___________________ 聯絡電話 : ______________________

獲發的資訊科技綜合津貼撥

(f) ________ ($ ) + ________ ($ )+其他 ($ )= (f) ($ ) (f)

________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (a) ($ ) 註 : 請提供上述於2004/05學年(09/2004至08/2005)實際支出的主要開支項目

________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (c) ($ ) (d) ________ ($ ) + ________ ($ )+其他 ($ )= (d) ($ )

________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (f) ($ ) (e) ________ ($ ) + ________ ($ )+其他 ($ )= (e) ($ ) (e) ________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (e) ($ ) ________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (f) ($ )

(d) ________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (d) ($ ) (c) ________ ($ ) + ________ ($ )+其他 ($ )= (c) ($ ) (c)

註 : 請提供上述於2007/08學年(09/2007至02尾/2008止)實際支出的主要開支項目 (a) ________ ($ ) + ________ ($ )+其他 ($ )= (a) ($ ) (a)

________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (b) ($ )

(b) ________ ($ ) + ________ ($ )+其他 ($ )= (b) ($ ) (b) ________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (b) ($ ) (e) ________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (e) ($ )

(f) (b)

註 : 請提供上述於2006/07學年(09/2006至08/2007)實際支出的主要開支項目

(a) ________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (a) ($ ) 結餘 +/(-) (A)-(B)

(d) ________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (d) ($ ) (c) ________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (c) ($ ) 其他有關資訊科技教育的支

______ ___ /_________ _ 出項目及所調配的撥款來源

支出項目 / 撥款來源學校資訊科技設施的維修及保養

資訊科技綜合津貼總支出 (B) = (a)+(b)+(c)+(d)+(e)+(f)

________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (e) ($ ) (f) ________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (f) ($ ) (e)

________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (d) ($ )

在學校時間以外延長校內資訊科技設施

(d)

資訊科技教育相關活動開支調查

註 : 請提供於2005/06學年(09/2005至08/2006)實際支出的主要開支項目

(a) ________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (a) ($ ) ________($ ) + ________($ )+其他 ($ )= (b) ($ )

______ ___ /_________ _ 其他有關資訊科技教育的支出 總計C) = (g)(i)+(g)(ii)+(g)(iii)

款額

(A) 資訊科技綜合津貼 _(b)

______ ___ /_________ _ 互聯網連接及互聯網保安僱用技術支援人員及/或聘請技術支援服務

Annex IIIb

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