Composition of the education functional constituency
Version Date:
01/10/2012
The education functional constituency is composed of-
(a) full-time academic staff engaged in teaching or research and administrative staff of equivalent rank in the following institutions-
(i) institutions of higher education funded through the University Grants Committee;
(ii) approved post secondary colleges registered under the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance (Cap 320);
(iii) technical colleges established under the Vocational Training Council Ordinance (Cap 1130);
(iv) The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts;
(v) The Open University of Hong Kong; and
(aa) full-time academic staff engaged in teaching or research and administrative staff of equivalent rank in the following institutions-
(i) School of Continuing and Professional Education of the City University of Hong Kong;
(ii) School of Continuing Education of the Hong Kong Baptist University;
(iii) Lingnan Institute of Further Education of the Lingnan University;
(iv) School of Continuing and Professional Studies of The Chinese University of Hong Kong; (Replaced 2 of 2011 s. 6)
(v) HKIEd School of Continuing and Professional Education Limited; (Replaced 2 of 2011 s. 6)
(vi) School of Professional Education and Executive Development of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;
(vii) HKUST College of Lifelong Learning Limited;
(viii) HKU School of Professional and Continuing Education; and (Added 25 of 2003 s. 8)
(b) members of each of the following bodies-
(i) Council of the University of Hong Kong;
(ii) Council of The Chinese University of Hong Kong;
(iii) Council of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology;
(iv) Council of the City University of Hong Kong;
(v) Council of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University;
(vi) Council of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts;
(vii) Council of The Open University of Hong Kong;
(viii) the Vocational Training Council; (Amended 10 of 2006 s. 35)
(ix) Council of The Hong Kong Institute of Education;
(x) Council of the Hong Kong Baptist University;
(xi) Council of Lingnan University; (Replaced 54 of 1999 s. 39)
(xii) Board of Governors of the Hong Kong Shue Yan University; (Amended 25 of 2003 s. 8; 7 of 2008 s. 2)
(xiii) Board of Governors of the Caritas Institute of Higher Education; and (Added 25 of 2003 s. 8. Amended 11 of 2012 s. 32)
(c) registered teachers registered under the Education Ordinance (Cap 279); and
(d) permitted teachers engaged in full-time employment in schools registered or provisionally registered under the Education Ordinance (Cap 279); and
(e) teachers and principals of schools entirely maintained and controlled by the Government; and
(f) persons whose principal or only employment is that of full-time teaching with the following institutions-
(i) technical institutes, industrial training centres or skills centres established under the Vocational Training Council Ordinance (Cap 1130);
(ii) industrial training centres established under the repealed Industrial Training (Construction Industry) Ordinance (Cap 317) and maintained under the Construction Industry Council Ordinance (Cap 587); (Amended 12 of 2006 s. 84)
(iia) industrial training centres established under the Construction Industry Council Ordinance (Cap 587); (Added 12 of 2006 s. 84)
(iii) industrial training centres established under the Industrial Training (Clothing Industry) Ordinance (Cap 318);
(iv) Hong Chi Association-Hong Chi Pinehill Integrated Vocational Training Centre; (Replaced 25 of 2003 s. 8. Amended 2 of 2011 s. 6)
(v) Caritas Lok Mo Integrated Vocational Training Centre of Caritas-Hong Kong incorporated under the Caritas-Hong Kong Incorporation Ordinance (Cap 1092); and (Replaced 25 of 2003 s. 8. Amended 10 of 2006 s. 35)
(g) registered managers of schools registered under the Education Ordinance (Cap 279).