Background

We strive to work towards a humane and just society. We believe that cultivating caring culture in schools and the whole community will promote healthy personal development. Since 2005, we have been unceasingly launched the Caring School Award Scheme in order to honour those outstanding schools devoted to the promotion of caring culture. We establish a "BLESS" model by reviewing the experiences of the previous awarded schools. The five core elements of a caring school are Belief, Leadership, Environment, Support and Sharing. Starting from the school year of 2015-2016, we co-organised the Award Scheme with the Hong Kong Association of Careers Master and Guidance Master (HKACMGM), and over 400 schools were awarded in that school year.

Application

Application form will be sent to schools in the beginning of each school year. Nomination can be submitted by the school itself, Students’ Associations, Parents-Teacher Associations or related organisations. 

Eligibility

All kindergarten, primary, secondary and special schools in Hong Kong.

Judging Criteria

Adjudicators will assess the schools according to the following core elements:

B—(Belief)：Implementation of the Caring School Belief
L—(Leadership)：Competence of School Leaders
E—(Environment) : School Policy, System and Culture
S—(Support): Supports for Students, Parents and Teaching Staffs
S—(Sharing): Promotion of the Caring School Culture to the Community