International Civic and Citizenship Education Study in Hong Kong (a joint project with Policy 21 Ltd.)
Twenty-four countries/cities took part in a study to understand lower secondary school students’ knowledge of and attitudes towards civics and citizenship, as well as their participation in related activities within and outside the school. The study was commissioned the Education Bureau, HKSAR in 2016. As a member of the international research consortium, the study followed the research design and instruments of the International Assocaition for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). The aim of the research is to find out the ways in which young people were prepared to take up as citizens. Ninety-one secondary schools took part in the research. The report was submitted to IEA and the Educational Bureau in 2018.