[Archive] Percentage target set for qualified teachers of kindergartens

Asked by : The Hon YEUNG Yiu-chung

Replied by : Secretary for Education and Manpower

Question :

In reply to a question raised by a Member of this Council on 17 November last year, the Government stated that it hoped to achieve the target of having at least 60% of the teachers in each kindergarten to be Qualified Kindergarten Teachers ("QKTs") by September this year. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council of :

1. the current number of kindergartens which have achieved the aforesaid percentage target and its percentage in all kindergartens in Hong Kong;
   
   
2. the number of kindergartens which have yet to achieve the percentage target and the average percentage of QKTs among all the teachers in those kindergartens; and
   
   
3. the supply and demand of QKTs at present?

Reply:

Madam President,