Preface
The Macao SAR Government has successively presented the policies of “Macao Thrives on Education” and “Building Macao through Talent Training” in the policy addresses ever since 2011. The first educational development plan, “Ten Year Plan for Non-tertiary Education (2011 to 2020)”, (hereinafter referred to as the “Ten Year Plan”), was put in the appendix of the policy address in 2012 and implemented in the same year. As a long-term policy document for educational development, the “Ten-Year Plan” provides a top-down design and guidance on how to achieve objectives such as giving priority to the development of education, progressing towards a high-quality and high-equity education system, promoting curricular and teaching reforms and building a professional teaching team and so on. The “Ten Year Plan” will come to an end this year.
Macao has experienced rapid social development in the last decade. The demands from all walks of life for education, especially non-tertiary education, have changed significantly. With the development of the times, different regions in the world have put forward new educational objectives and requirements for the new era. In addition, as the “Ten Year Plan” will come to an end soon, it is necessary to plan the future direction for Macao’s long-term educational development. In order to make a scientific planning for the development of non-tertiary education after 2020 and to make the planning adaptable to current situations; as well as to accelerate the development of education reform; to provide better conditions for the physical and psychological growth and future development of students; and to improve the effectiveness of education within Macao and our country, it is necessary to launch a new round of planning work.
Therefore, the Education and Youth Development Bureau (hereinafter referred to as the “DSEDJ”) will formulate the “Medium and Long-term Planning for Non-Tertiary Education (2021-2030)” (hereinafter referred to as the “Education Plan”).
In order for the public to better understand the policy direction of the “Education Plan”, the DSEDJ has prepared the consultation document for public consultation, which will take place from 5th December, 2020 to 22 nd January, 2021, to collect opinions and suggestions from all sectors of the society.
The DSEDJ will write a report based on the opinions collected from the public consultation within 180 days after the consultation period ends, and will publish it in accordance with the provisions of the “Normative Guidelines for Public Policy Consultation”.
This public consultation is an important part of the planning work. It is hoped that through analysing and studying the opinions and suggestions collected from all walks of life, the text content of the “Education Plan” can be improved, thereby jointly promote Macao’s future social development.