ITEC Achieve Academy

ITEC Achieve Academy (智庫學院) is established by our association ITEC with Achieve Network Limited to support ITEC services in educational activities. The Academy provides high-quality innovative teaching materials, training, and activities, committed to designing diversified innovative information technology education services, offering tailored information technology training courses and activities for schools and organizations, and hosting various lectures and seminars to stimulate students' creative thinking and enhance the quality of education. Chairman of our Association, Professor WK Kan, is currently the president of the Achieve Academy.

Technology Literacy Index + World Civility Index

Technology Literacy Index (TLI) measures participants' soft skills in technology. TLI is  created and managed by ITEC and is a subindex of World Civility Index(WCI). WCI is created and managed by IITTI (International Soft Skills Standards & Testing) and is accredited by United Nations DESA Sustainable Development Goals.

Technology Literacy Index currently includes themes in Artificial Intelligence Literacy, Information Literacy, STEM, and ESG. Same as WCI, TLI provides a unified method for students, teachers, employers, and job seekers to measure soft skills. They use an objective and data-based method to assess participants' various civilization indicators. Participants earn points through three methods: [1] Cognition: i.e. reading articles, watching videos; [2] Activities: i.e. participating in seminars, workshops, field trips, competitions; [3] Courses and exams. Each time a participant completes an activity and passes a test, they will earn points on their World Civility Index and Technology Literacy Index scores. The accumulation of WCI and TLI points shows  individual's efforts to equip themselves in Technololgy.

AI Coding Competition

From 2019, ITEC received support from the Hong Kong SAR Government's Information Technology Office to organize the "Artificial Intelligence Coding Competition" for students and schools in Hong Kong. The competition aims to increase young people's understanding of artificial intelligence and computational thinking and enhance their creativity and innovation. There were nearly 100 schools and students jopining the competitions.

GBA STEM Education Alliance

In response to the Ministry of Education's "13th Five-Year Plan for Educational Informatization," which calls for "actively exploring the application of information technology in new educational models such as 'makerspaces,' interdisciplinary learning (STEAM education), and maker education, focusing on improving students' information literacy, innovative awareness, and innovative abilities, cultivating digital learning habits, promoting students' all-round development, and leveraging the supporting and leading role of informatization in cultivating high-quality talents for the future," the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao STEM Education Promotion Alliance" was jointly established in June 2016 by South China Normal University and the Hong Kong IT Education Center. In March 2018, with the approval of the China Education Informatization Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance, the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area STEM Education Alliance" was established under this alliance, aiming to promote the application and practice of STEM education in primary and secondary schools in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Leaders

Chairman: Professor Li Kedong, South China Normal University, Guangzhou

Chairman (Hong Kong): Professor W.K Kan, Chariman, IT Education Center.

Chairman (Macao): Principal Zheng Jiezhao, Macao Workers' Children's School

Young IT Leadership Awards

In 2003, ITEC organized the "Young IT Leadership Awards" (YITLA) with Commerce, Industry, and Technology Bureau and the Education and Manpower Bureau of Hong Kong SAR Government. YITLA offers gold, silver, and bronze awards to recognize Hong Kong youth for their hard work in learning information technology and their achievements in using IT to serve the community, setting an example for young people to pursue lifelong learning and master IT knowledge.  There were more than 1,000 students in 200 schools joined the Awards and has positive impact to promote the IT Education in Hong Kong.

Training Workshops

ITEC received funding from 2021 to provide diversified educational services to disadvantaged groups. These include AI and STEM workshops for underprivileged students and a training and service platform for home-based elderly care.

From 2000 to 2004, ITEC organized self-financed IT summer Camps for students in Hong Kong. The activities are highly appreciated by parents and students. There were more than 2,000 students joined the summer camps.

ITEC also supported the Chinese University of Hong Kong from 1998 to 2024 in the training of nearly 40,000 schoolteachers in Hong Kong, funded by HKSAR Education Bureau. The project provides training workshops in various levels to enhance teachers IT knowledge and skills.

E-Textbooks

From 2014 to 2020, ITEC received funding from the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government as a development organization under the "Hong Kong E-Textbook Market Development Project." ITEC successfully developed the e-textbook platform and a series of e-textbooks (computer science) for all secondary schools in Hong Kong. The e-textbooks have been used by more than 100 schools and 3,000 students, contributing to the establishment of a high-quality and diversified e-textbook market in Hong Kong.