Table 3. A brief review of early childhood education development in Hong Kong (1990s)
| Â | Kindergarten | Child Care Centre |
|---|---|---|
1990s | Qualification Requirement and Teacher training | Training workshops |
| Â | Government (1994) required kindergartens to have at least 40% QKT by 1997. | SWD introduced workshops on latest research and pedagogies to ECE teachers from late 1980s to 1990s (e.g., invited Profs. Thelma Harms, Lilian Katz to Hong Kong). |
| Â | A new 2-year Part-time Certificate of Education in ECE (CE) was offered to In-service teachers in 1995 and a new Full-time CE to Pre-service teachers in 1997. | Â |
| Â | Government (1997) required KG to have at least 50% QKT by 1999 and 60% by 2000. | Â |
| Â | All the Pre-service KG principals were required to complete CE by 2004. | Â |
| Â | Teacher Training | |
| Â | Hong Kong Institute of Education amalgamated the various Colleges of Education to form a central institution, took over In-service training for kindergarten teachers from the College of Education. B.Ed. courses were established in 1997. | |