Mission

The mission of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Education Leadership and School Quality (APCELSQ) is to become a centre of excellence of education leadership and school quality in Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific region. To accomplish this mission is to turn the Centre into a multi-faceted entity:

A Centre of Research that facilitates and promotes a wide spectrum of research on education leadership, school quality and effectiveness, and education innovations so as to advance the knowledge base and technology for improving school management and education practice.

A Centre of Leadership Development that organizes and provides knowledge-based leadership development programs and endeavours, including courses, workshops, seminars, public lectures, conferences, field experiences, simulations, and mentoring schemes for preparing school principals and education leaders to initiate education innovations, implement school improvement, and enhance education quality.
A Centre of Quality Assurance that organizes professional-knowledge-based programs and activities for supporting quality assurance in school management, curriculum, learning process, and teaching process.
A Centre of Academic and Professional Network that attracts and pools up the necessary intellectual strengths and resources, both global and local, to facilitate and support leadership development, school quality assurance and development, and educational reforms in local and regional schools.