HKPC and OGCIO co-organise sharing day-aid education sector supplier matching to promote innovation and technology education

In the 2021-2023 school year, the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer will provide up to 400,000 yuan in subsidy to publicly-funded primary schools through the "Tricky IT Learn More Project", allowing schools to organize extracurricular activities for students to stimulate their interest in information technology.

The Hong Kong Productivity Council and the OGCIO co-organized a project sharing day on Friday (15th). The HKPC's "Innovation Space" invited STEM service providers to participate in the exhibition to help schools understand the latest innovation and technology extra-curricular activities.

The sharing day invited more than 20 service providers to provide innovation and technology education activities, covering different fields such as robotics, artificial intelligence, metaverse, etc., attracting nearly 100 schools to participate.

Fung Ka-po, General Manager of the New Generation Enterprise and Skills Development Department of the HKPC, said that the HKPC's "Innovation Space" has been promoting innovation and technology education, so it is hoped that through this event, the academic community will be able to understand the latest development of innovation and technology education, and at the same time match suitable solutions and connect with them service provider.

Fung Ka-po, general manager of the New Generation Enterprise and Skills Development Department of the HKPC, said that the innovation and education industry is the future development trend of Hong Kong. Therefore, the HKPC's "Innovation Space" has been committed to promoting innovation and technology education.

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She believes that the focus of innovation and technology education is to enable students to have a deeper understanding of technology through different hands-on activities and experiences. Programming is one of them, and the role of the HKPC is to become a hub for innovation and technology education in Hong Kong. Support the academic sector to implement innovation and technology education.

For example, during the epidemic, 15 online workshops were held, attracting 1,600 teachers and students, and an AR creation competition was held.

The 9-month "vHK Metropolis Tour" AR Creation Competition is an event held by the HKPC to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It encourages secondary school students in Hong Kong to develop their creativity and combine AR technology with Hong Kong's landmark buildings to present an ideal green and smart city and will provide AR workshops for participating students.

Feng Jiabao said that an AR pavilion will be set up later to allow the public to experience student works. At the same time, AR mobile classrooms will be arranged from February to March next year to hold AR workshops for students in different schools.

The Productivity Council and the OGCIO co-organized a scheme sharing day on Friday (15th). Extracurricular activities program.

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In addition, the HKPC plans to promote "smart schools" in the future.

Feng Jiabao explained that at present, students have fewer opportunities to get in touch with smart technology, so he hopes to bring relevant technology to campus. He hopes that students will be more exposed to technology through different opportunities, which will enhance students' interest and cultivate more innovation and technology talents for Hong Kong in the future.

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