Campus Digest

International experts discuss early childhood education at HKBU

24 May 2017

Officiating guests of the opening ceremony include Mr Matthew Cheung (seventh from left), Mr Eddie Ng (sixth from right), Professor Roland Chin (third from right) and Dr Amelia Lee (fourth from right). Officiating guests of the opening ceremony include Mr Matthew Cheung (seventh from left), Mr Eddie Ng (sixth from right), Professor Roland Chin (third from right) and Dr Amelia Lee (fourth from right).
Officiating guests of the opening ceremony include Mr Matthew Cheung (seventh from left), Mr Eddie Ng (sixth from right), Professor Roland Chin (third from right) and Dr Amelia Lee (fourth from right).

 

The OMEP Asia Pacific Regional Conference 2017, co-organised by the World Organisation for Early Childhood Education (OMEP)-Hong Kong and the Education Bureau of HKSAR Government, was held at HKBU on 18 and 19 May 2017.

Themed “Enhancing the Quality of Early Childhood Education: Policies, Pedagogies and Parent Engagement”, the Conference brought together 1,100 scholars and early childhood practitioners from Asia, Europe, Oceania and North America to share their experience, insights and researches through keynote addresses, parallel sessions, featured forums, paper and poster presentations, workshops, symposiums as well as school visits.

Officiating guests of the Conference Opening Ceremony included Chief Secretary for Administration of HKSAR Government Mr Matthew Cheung, Secretary for Education of HKSAR Government Mr Eddie Ng, President and Vice-Chancellor of HKBU Professor Roland Chin, and Head (Early Childhood and Elementary Education) of HKBU's School of Continuing Education and President of OMEP-Hong Kong Dr Amelia Lee.

Founded in 1948, OMEP is an international, non-profit and non-governmental organisation with consultative status at the United Nations and UNESCO. It is currently established in over 70 countries with more than 26,000 members. This is the first time OMEP-Hong Kong has hosted the OMEP Asia Pacific Regional Conference.