Assistant Education Officers are mainly deployed on the following types of duties – (a) to engage in class teaching up to Secondary 6 level in a government secondary school; (b) to be a Class Master/Mistress; (c) to organize and conduct extra-curricular activities; (d) to assess and to record students' attainment; and (e) to assist in the performance of special responsibilities, administrative work and non-teaching duties of the school, such as school curriculum development, civil/moral/sex education, school discipline, student counseling, career guidance, school/public examinations, etc. [Remarks : The Bureau, in deploying a successful candidate to a particular subject, will take into account the operational needs of government secondary schools that may be adjusted from time to time and the candidate's qualifications and experience. A successful candidate may be required to teach subjects other than those he/she has indicated in his/her application.]

Candidates should have - (a)(i) a Hong Kong bachelor's degree majoring in the relevant subject discipline, or equivalent; or (a)(ii) a degree (majoring in the relevant subject discipline) other than that specified in (a)(i) above, plus a postgraduate certificate in education, or equivalent, from a Hong Kong tertiary education institution; and (b) met the language proficiency requirements of 'Level 2' results in the two language papers (Use of Chinese and Use of English) in the Common Recruitment Examination (CRE), or equivalent [See Notes (a) to (c)]. Candidates should be responsible, self-motivated and enthusiastic; have a fine character and integrity; be committed to serve in the education field; and be able to communicate effectively in Chinese and English. For applicants holding qualifications obtained from academic institutions outside Hong Kong, please attach to their applications copies of diplomas/certificates, transcripts of studies and official documents issued by the relevant academic institutions stating the mode of delivery (e.g. full time/part time, on campus/distance learning, etc.) of the study programmes. To facilitate the assessment of qualifications, applicants should provide the above documents on any prior qualifications obtained as far as possible. For applicants holding local qualifications, please also attach copies of the documents stating the major and minor subjects studied in their degree and teacher training (as appropriate) courses.