Contract Related:
- Appointment, Renewal, Start of Contract:
-
see Guide to the NET Scheme
- Appointment/Re-appointment
Circular: -
2024
(EDBCM632024).pdf
SNET Version
(2023,
2022,
2021,
2020,
2019,
2018,
2017,
2016,
2015,
2014,
2013,
2012,
2011,
2010,
2006,
2004)
- Application for EDB Support
to Find New School
if Not Renewed see
Application Forms
-
Summary
-
August 16th:
-
Contract Start Date
if a Sunday
-
Overlap When Previous NET Contract Ends on 17th
- Report For Duty Not Mandatory:
-
see Guide to the NET Scheme
- Discussion:
1,
2
- Starting New Job Earlier than 16th:
1,
2,
3
- Intent to Renew
-
Code of Aid Says May 15
-
Example Letter of Intent to Renew
-
Removed from 2011 Contract
-
Letter to Schools about Appointment (Jul 2024).pdf
(2023,
2022,
2021,
2020,
2019,
2018, 2017,
2016,
2015) SNET
Version
(2014, 2013,
2012,
2011,
2010,
2009)
-
Notes for Applications
for Payment
of Gratuity, Fringe Benefits and RI.pdf
(Inc. Dates Forms Should Be
Submitted)
(2023,
2022,
2016,
2015,
2014,
2012,
2011,
2010,
2009) SNET
Version
-
Measures for Strengthening the Protection of Ss
-
Moving Between Aided and Government School
|
- Extensions:
-
see Guide to the NET Scheme
- Beyond Retirement Age of 60:
(Aided/Special Schools Only;
Government Schools:
Not Allowed)
- November:
-
Example Application Form 2024/25.pdf
-
Letter to Schools About Extension in 2024/25.pdf
(2023,
2022,
2021,
2020,
2019,
2018,
2017,
2016,
2015,
2014,
2013,
2012,
2011,
2010,
2009)
- January:
-
Online eForm
[Available early Jan]
(Must
be done first with paper copy and supporting
documents delivered
to EDB by deadline)
- May/Jun:
- Contract Document:
2024
SNET Version
(2023,
2022,
2021,
2020,
2019, 2018,
2017)
-
Process Summary
-
Other 1 Year Extensions:
-
Application Process and Details:
-
see Guide to the NET Scheme
- Case Studies:
1,
2
- Discussions:
1,
2,
3 |
|
National Security Education (NSE):
- see EDB
Information
-
Basic Law and National Security Law Test (BLNST)
(From 2023/24)
see EDB Information - Teacher
Related
-
Does Not Apply to NETs:
-
Original Exemption Statement (2022)
-
Updates:
-
Oct 2022 (Para.6)
-
May 2023 (Footnote 2)
-
Sep 2024,
Sep 2023 (FAQ A2, ii)
- Replaced
Basic Law Test (2022-23):
-
That also did not Apply to NETs
- Curriculum and Teaching Resources:
- How NSE Affects PNETs:
1,
2
- School Inspection:
Format,
What they Look For
- Teaching Resources:
-
An Inspring Journey Through Chinese Fables and Tales
-
EDB's Learning and Teaching Resources
(Mostly
Chinese only)
-
English Language Resource Kit (Apr 2024)
-
National Security: Cornerstone of Stability and Prosperity.pdf
-
Twenty Major Fields Poster
- Oath for NETs:
- Consulate Advice:
1,
2
- Discussion:
1,
2,
3,
4
- NETs In Government Schools Must Sign:
1,
2,
3
-
Text of Oath:
1,
2
- Professional Development:
- Constitution, Basic Law and NSE Annual PD Course:
-
May 2025 (2024:
1,
2; 2023,
2022,
2021)
- Presentation
Slides (2024):
Part 1,
Part 2
- Mainland Study Tour:
-
New NETs From 2021/22 will have to attend "in due course"
- Applies to Those Joining After 1 Sep 2020:
1,
2
-
Am I a 'Newly-Joined' Teacher?
-
Is Shown in eServices Profile
-
May be Wrong if
School enters 1 Sep Instead of 16 Aug
and can be corrected by EDB
via
this form
submitted by the School
-
First Course Arranged for Nov 2023
(NETs must arrange and
pay for visa)
-
F-Visa Needed
Tourist L-Visa Valid (From Apr 2023)
-
Schools Must Monitor PD and Follow-Up.
but
Ts Must Not Refuse or Evade Training |
|
Passage Allowance (Flights):
-
see Guide to the NET Scheme
- Application: Form C
see
Application Forms
- Application Considerations:
-
see Guide to the NET Scheme
- Entitlement see Letter of Appointment
- Special Circumstances For Reasonable Flexible Use:
- Different Departure Dates for
Family Members
- Postponement and Re-Postponement
of Flight
-
see Guide to the NET Scheme
- Suggestions Based on Experience:
-
Boarding Passes:
Not Needed (1,
2),
Needed
-
Covid Tests For Travelling:
1,
2
-
Historic Quotes: 1,
2
-
Recommended Agents:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9 |
Recruitment:
- 1. Entry into EDB Candidate Pool:
-
Application To Join NET Scheme
SNET Version
AT
(Initial Deadline is
Extended Every Year)
- Process:
FAQ Q1, Q2
- Degree Mandatory from 2019:
FAQ Q4
-
How Long Can You Stay in the Pool?
-
Interview Procedure
-
Should Hear Back By Email After 4 weeks
- Then Takes 4 Weeks for
HKCAAVQ Accreditation (1,
2)
-
PNET Pool Separate From SNET Pool
- PNET -> SNET:
-
Qualifications, Categories
-
1 Year Secondary Experience Mandatory
-
RI Retained
- Salary Assessment:
1,
2
-
PNET Experience Counts
-
Re-joining after 1 Year or More Break
- Statement of Service inc. Agency Work:
see Certificate/Statement of Service
- TEFL Requirement see TEFL/TESL
Qualification
-
Terms
and Requirements (EDB)
SNET Version
AT
- 2. Finding a School:
-
3 Recruitment Methods
- Asking for EDB Support to Find School:
-
see Appointment/Re-appointment Information Sheet
- Bad Reference Discussion:
1,
2,
3
-
Direct
Hire Discussion
-
Recruitment Subsidy (Explanation)
-
Discrimination Rules Summary
-
Government Schools:
-
Compared to Aided Schools
- Only Recruit From Candidate Pool:
1,
2
From 2022:
- 1.
NETs invited to apply by email in mid-July
-
Mid-June 2023 and 2024
-
Can be done by Zoom From Overseas (2024)
- 2.
Interviews Done by Central Panel
-
Panel is 3/4 EDB officials not from school
-
Summary of Panel Qs
- 3.
NETs Then Allocated to Schools
in Mid-July
(May not be preferred choice of school)
-
Or placed on waiting list for next available school
which may be as late as August.
-
Number of Places Available for New NETs
- Special Schools:
-
see Special Needs; NET Scheme in Special Schools
-
Subsidy for schools.pdf
-
Vacancy List:
-
2024
(Available by Email from EDB to eligible PNETs in mid June)
(2023,
2022, 2021,
2020,
2019,
2018,
2017,
2016,
2015,
2014,
2013,
2012,
2011,
2010,
2009,
2008,
2007)
- Government Schools:
2024,
2023,
2022
-
Unsuccessful Interviewees Waiting List
Note: The EDB
severely restricted its distribution policy in
2013 so the list was not generally available in that year.
-
Year-on-Year
Vacancy Tracking
- 3. Starting at a School:
-
See FAQs and
Guide to the NET Scheme
- Contracts, Basic Law Test, Conviction Checks,
Chest X-Rays, Medical Examination:
-
see Contract Related
-
see Guide to the NET Scheme
-
FAQs
(PNET and SNET Current Version)
- Getting a Visa:
-
see Work Visa
-
Don't Start at School Without Visa
-
Induction Programme for New NETs (EDB): (2020,
2011,
2008)
-
Information for New NETs
(EDB).pdf (2008)
-
Role of a NET:
see
Guide to the NET Scheme
- Salary Advance:
see Salary: Advance
- Schools for Non-local Children:
-
see Special Needs; Non-Chinese Speaking
(NCS) Students
- Suggestions and Advice:
-
Best Way to Get Renewed
-
Survival Tips
-
Upsides and the
Downsides |
Salary:
- Advance:
- Application Form
see
Application Forms
- New NETs only
see Letter of Appointment, MOCS para 5.11
-
1 Time Only
-
Payment After 2 weeks
- Annual Pay Adjustment:
see EDB
Information - Salary
-
Assessment:
1. Is
done by school, as the employer, who assess
qualifications and experience and
decide what
MPS salary pay point NET should be
on.
2. But the EDB Central Salary Verification Team
will then
check the school's assessment and
will clawback overpaid salary if the
school
puts NET on wrong salary
level
- Incorrect Pay Scale Clawed Back:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5
3 Assessment Criteria:
-
EDB Guide
To Assessment
- Certificate of Service Requirements:
see Certificate/Statement of Service
-
Employment Was Not Full Year
-
International School Experience
-
Teaching Experience Requirements
-
Must Be Permitted T
- Work in School via Agent Can Count:
see Certificate/Statement of Service
4 Re-assessment:
(If there is a change in qualifications or
if NET believes school has not
assessed correctly)
-
Backpay Limited to 5 Years
-
Letter Template
- PGDE : see
Qualifications Assessment
-
Qualifications Needed for Salary Increase
- Submit Documents to School:
FAQ Q9
- Entitlement see Letter of Appointment
- Expected Monthly Salary Table
- Increment:
- Entitlement see Letter of Appointment
-
Incremental Date
-
2007 Conversion After Revised MPS
-
For part of year working experience
-
No-Pay Leave Adjustment
- LET/NET Terms of Employment Comparison:
- Terms & Conditions -
Total Salary Package -
Pay Scales:
- Master Pay Scale (MPS):
- Adjusted
(2023,
2022,
2019,
2018,
2017,
2016,
2015,
2014,
2013,
2012,
2007)
-
Provisional MPS From July 2024
-
Delinked (Pre 1/10/2007 only)
-
Ranges for Different Grade/Ranks
- Pay Slips:
- Ask School if Needed:
FAQ Q6,
Salaries Grant Document
- Required for MPF Payments:
1,
2
- Payment of Wages
- see Living in HK - Legal -
Ordinances
-
31st August if Leaving HK
-
School May Hold it Until 1st of Month
- Summaries:
-
Form Processing
-
Funding via Salaries Grant |
School Closure:
- COVID-19 Coronavirus
- Centre for
Health Protection
-
COVID in the Classroom Research
- EDB Announcements
-
EDB Prevention of Communicable Disease
-
Health Measures For Schools (Apr 2022)
- Quarantine:
- Compulsory:
-
Cases in Same Building
- Close Contact Penny
Bay:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8
-
Leaving Family Quarantine Early If Vaccinated
- Paid Sick Leave:
1,
2,
3,
4,
5
-
Sick Leave Certificate
- Sick Leave
Now Also Covers (Jun 2022):
-
Compulsory Testing
-
Overnight Lockdown
-
Quarantine Order
- Inbound:
-
0+3
From 26 Sep
-
RAT Test at Airport Very Quick
-
7-21 Days
-
3+4 From 12 Aug
-
Restricted Access during +4 days
-
Ts Can Go To School During 4+ Days:
1,
2
-
Antibody Test Labatories
-
Self-monitoring is Paid and
Can Go To Work
-
Unpaid if Not in Holidays
-
Detailed Explanation
-
LegCo Confirms Not Sick Leave (Jun 2022)
- School Arrangements 2022/23:
-
Full Day Classes from 15 Feb 2023
-
RATs Until at Least 31 Jan
- Half Day Classes to Restart (19 Apr-5 May 2022):
1,
2
-
Half Day Classes and RAT Tests to Continue
-
Health Protection Measures (Full Rules)
-
Summary:
- Confirmed +ve Case = Sick Leave
- Close Contact = Paid Special Leave
- Can Resume Work on Day 6
-
Half Day Classes Until 70% Vaccinated (3 Aug 2021)
-
90% Vaccinated (19 Apr 2022)
-
70% Vaccinated (1
Dec 2022)
-
15 Feb 2023
-
Primary Ss Can Get Vaccine (21 Jan 2022)
-
Vaccine Pass Suspended Xmas 2023
-
Ts Must Vaccinate or Pay
For Tests Weekly
-
Every 3 Days (Jan 2022)
-
Unvaccinated Barred From Schools (24 Feb 2022)
-
8 Weeks' Notice Before Termination
-
Booster Mandatory by
30 June
31 May
2022
-
Exemptions:
-
6-Months After Covid Diagnosis
-
Pregnant
-
Medical Exemption Arrangements
-
Summary
-
Vaccine Programme
- 2 Days' Leave When Vaccinated:
1,
2
-
Only if Already Working at School
-
1 Day Leave for Booster
-
Ts Can Get Booster (17 Nov)
-
1.5 Days' Leave for Childcare
-
Post Office Booking for Non-HK Documents
-
Vaccination Covers Compulsory Testing
ARCHIVE of School
Arrangements
-
Classes to Continue (5 Jan 2022)
-
Classes Suspended (14 Jan 2022)
-
Extended to 21 Feb 2022
-
Extended to 6 Mar 2022
-
Special Holiday Mar/Apr
-
Government NETs Must Still Work
- School Resumption CNY 2021
-
Class Arrangements
- School Suspension Sept 2020
-
Schools to Restart 23 Sep
- School Resumption June 2020
-
LegCo Paper, 8 May 2020
-
Guidelines (EDB)
- Voluntary Teacher Testing (Nov
2020+):
- Discussion:
1,
2
-
Testing Arrangements
-
Community Testing Centres
-
School Suspension Jan-May 2020
-
Indefinite; 3 Weeks' Notice of Re-Opening
- Seasonal Flu:
-
Guidelines on Prevention of Communicable Diseases
- Latest Information:
-
Centre for
Health Protection
-
EDB
-
EDB Announcements
-
Summary
-
Seasonal URTI:
1,
2
-
Vaccination Covers Compulsory Testing
-
Typhoons:
-
Indicators For T8 Being Raised
-
Rules and Procedures (EDBC22005E).pdf (2019,
2016, 2015,
2013,
2007)
-
Definition of Classes Suspended
-
Localised
Heavy Rain Warning
-
For Parents
- School Closure Announcements:
-
EDB
Alert (When announcement made)
-
EDB Website (Check red ticker at top)
- Government Press
Releases
-
School Closures are for Ss not Necessarily Ts
-
Ts are Insured if Have to Work
- Storm Tracking:
see Living in HK - Weather
- Weather Info For
Schools |
Special Allowance (SA):
-
see Guide to the NET
Scheme
-
Adjustment Mechanism:
-
see Guide to the NET Scheme
-
Explanation
- History of Reviews:
-
2024 (2023, 2022, 2021,
2020,
2019,
2018, 2017, 2016:
1,
2,
3,
4;
2015;
2014:
1,
2)
- Memorandum on adjustment to SA Rate:
-
2016.pdf (2014,
2011,
2008,
2005,
2004,
1997)
-
Implementation
-
Summary of Petitioning
- Year-on-year
Data
-
Latest Data
- Application:
-
Documents Needed:
-
General Discussion
-
If Schooled in HK
(May
Not Get It)
-
If Worked in HK
- Form B (Each New Contract)
see
Application Forms
-
From 2022, Proof of Address Needed
-
If State Residence Status in HK, Won't Get It
- New NETs Or Rejoining After >12 Mths
or
Moving Between Aided/Govt School:
- Normal Place of
Residence Form A
see
Application Forms
- Statement that Form A is New NETs Only:
see
Contract: Notes For Applications for Payment
-
Discussion
-
Summary of Process
-
Compared to a non-taxable Housing Allowance
- Entitlement: see Letter of Appointment
- 60 Day Max For Sick Leave see Letter of App't
Annex B
- SA Refused Discussions:
1,
2,
3 |
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