Committee on Home-School Co-operation


Committee on Home-School Co-operation is an advisory committee serving the Education Department promoting interaction between parents and schools by promoting the creation of parent-teacher associations as well as giving grants, establishing training materials and surveys, and promoting improvements of ties between families and the schools that serve their children. Nora Tong of the South China Morning Post described it as a "semi-governmental" organisation.

History

The CHSC was established in 1993. The Education Department Report No. 5, issued in 1992, recommended the creation of the CHSC.
In 2002–2003, in Hong Kong, there were over 1,395 parent-teacher associations, while the number in 1992 was around 70; this outcome was promoted though the establishment of CHSC.