School-based management in Hong Kong: centralizing or decentralizing |
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| Authors: | I-Wah Pang |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Educational Policy and Administration, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China |
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| Abstract: | This paper examined the debate on a reform of school-based management in Hong Kong, which was to set up the Incorporated Management
Committee (IMC) to manage the subsidized school. The nature of the debate during legislation and the characteristics of the
reform were examined. The advantages, disadvantages and the implications of the reform were discussed. The major concerns
of various actors were found to include the control of schools, the mode of participation and the barriers to implementation.
It was suggested that via the legislated reform, the control of subsidized schools in Hong Kong will be shifted from “a specific
type of community control” to “equal control.” In contrast to some reforms of School Based Management overseas, there has
been no decentralizing of power on the part of Government in this exercise. In the opposite, it was argued that by requiring
the school sponsoring body to set up the independent IMC and to divide its power of among various stakeholders, the Government
would assume increased control in school education. |
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| Keywords: | Decentralization Management Parent involvement Power School governance School-based management School sponsorship |
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