Training Requirements

Newly-joined teachers are required to complete 30 hours of core training within the first three years of service, and not less than 60 hours of elective training based on individual professional development needs.

All in-service teachers are required to spare a minimum of 30 hours from the 150 hours of training required in each three-year Continuing Professional Development (CPD) cycle to take part in core training under two categories, namely Teachers’ Professional Roles, Values and Conduct and Local, National and International Education Issues, with not less than six hours spent on each category. 

The Core Part comprises 30 hours of designated training programmes provided by the EDB. For the Elective Part, teachers should undertake 60 hours (for promotion to SGM) or 100 hours (for promotion to PGM) of suitable training programmes according to the professional expertise required for respective promotion posts. 

Starting from the 2023/24 school year, all public sector school teachers who are substantively promoted to a higher rank must participate in the Mainland Study Tours for Promoted Teachers organised by EDB within two years of their substantive promotion in order to meet the training requirements for promotion.  Please also refer to EDB Circular No. 10/2023.