Assistant Education Officers are mainly deployed on the following types of duties –

• (a)to undertake teaching duties in a government secondary school;
• (b)to be a Class Master/Mistress;
• (c)to organise and conduct extra-curricular activities;
• (d)to assess and to record students' attainment; and
• (e)to co-ordinate/undertake diversified professional duties, including assisting in the performance of special responsibilities, administrative work and non-teaching duties of the school, such as implementation of education policies and initiatives, school curriculum development, civil/moral/sex education, school discipline, student counseling, career guidance, school/public examinations, etc.

A successful candidate may be required to teach any subjects assigned by the Education Bureau.

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.

The 2023 recruitment for Assistant Education Officer will be open to persons holding a relevant bachelor's degree, final year undergraduate students (i.e. graduating in the 2023-24 academic year), and penultimate year undergraduate students graduating in the 2024-25 academic year.

Candidates should have -

• (a)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
• (c)to (e)];
• (b)a 'Pass' result in the Basic Law and National Security Law Test (BLNST) (degree/professional grades)[See Notes
• (f)to (h)];
• (c)
  • (i)a Hong Kong Bachelor of Education degree majoring in English Language, or equivalent; or
• (c)
  • (ii)a Hong Kong bachelor's degree majoring in English Language, or equivalent, and a certificate in education majoring in English Language from a Hong Kong tertiary education institution, or equivalent; and
• (d)attained 'Level 3' proficiency or above in English Language in the Language Proficiency Assessment for Teachers (LPAT) or have been exempted from the said language proficiency requirement by the Education Bureau.

The entry requirement set out above is applicable to English Language teachers recruited in or after the 2004/05 school year. Such candidates who hold a Hong Kong bachelor’s degree majoring in English Language, or equivalent, but do not have a certificate in education majoring in English Language from a Hong Kong tertiary education institution, or equivalent, may also apply. However, they will have to attain the required teacher training within three years from the date of appointment. For serving English Language teachers holding a permanent post in local public sector and private secondary day schools which offer a full curriculum before the 2004/05 school year, they should have a Hong Kong bachelor’s degree majoring in English Language, or equivalent, and possess the requisite results in CRE and LPAT. Candidates who are not exempted from the LPAT requirement set out in

• (d)above by way of qualification but have met, with the exception of classroom language, the basic language proficiency requirement in all the core language skills (i.e. reading, writing, listening and speaking) of the LPAT may also apply. However, they have to attain the language proficiency requirement on Classroom Language Assessment of the LPAT within one year from the date of appointment.

Potential applicants may also apply if they do not meet the language proficiency requirements set out in

• (a)but are expected to obtain 'Level 2' results in the two language papers in CRE, or equivalent, no later than the summer of 2024.

Potential applicants may also apply if they do not meet the relevant entry requirements set out in

• (c)but are expected to obtain the following qualifications to meet the aforementioned entry requirements no later than the summer of 2024 or summer of 2025 –
• (1)bachelor's/master's degree majoring in the relevant subject discipline, or equivalent; or
• (2)postgraduate certificate in education from a Hong Kong tertiary education institution, or equivalent. If selected, appointment will be subject to, among others, the attainment of requisite academic qualification within the academic year in 2024 and 2025 respectively.

Applicants are required to clearly state the expected date of obtaining the said qualification

• (s)in the application form and the Supplementary Information Form (SIF), and to provide documentary evidence such as letters, certificates and transcripts to prove that they have obtained the requisite qualification
• (s)and met the entry requirements in the aforementioned period by the deadline to be determined by this Bureau. Applicants who fail to provide the necessary information as required will not be considered further.