香港—資訊社會 - 「數碼21」資訊科技策略

8.12 8.12 The Composite IT Grant (CITG) has beenimplemented as from the 2004/05 school year bymerging four IT recurrent grants, allowing schools agreater flexibility in allocating resources in theimplementation of their school-based IT plans.As from the 2006/07 school year, maintenanceprovisions for IT facilities have also been subsumedinto CITG for disbursement to schools annually.Starting from the 2008/09 school year, the scope ofthis grant has been further expanded to allowschools to upgrade and replace their IT facilities asand when required.8.13 8.13 During the 2003-04 to 2008-09 financialyears, the Government had spent, in the aggregate,HK$2.9 billion (including contribution of theQuality Education Fund) on IT education and29 computer subjects in primary schools, secondary 8 21 schools, special schools and the then Education8.4Department/then Education and ManpowerBureau/Education Bureau. Of the total expenditure,HK$0.8 billion was capital expenditure andHK$2.1 billion was recurrent expenditure.(Table 8.4) IT in Education8.14 8.14 Under the strategy on IT education, theGovernment assumes a leading and coordinatingrole in the promotion of IT in education, and schools are given the flexibility to devise their ownIT plans and to set the pace for incorporating IT intheir curriculum.8.15 8.15 The following highlights some of the featuresof IT in education:(1) (1) As from the 2001/02 school year, allprimary and secondary schools wereequipped with Internet connection.(2) (2) As from the 2007/08 school year, allprimary and secondary schools wereequipped with campus wireless Internetconnection.115Hong Kong as an Information Society 2009