Dr. Maggie Koong

Chief Principal, Victoria (China) Educational Organisation

Dr. Maggie Koong is the Chief Principal of Victoria (China) Educational Organisation and the Co-Founder and Deputy Supervisor of Victoria Shanghai Academy (Hong Kong) . Her kindergartens in Mainland is the first IB PYP authorized kindergarten, and her primary/secondary school is the first IB three programmes authorized world school.She received her Master of Education from The University of Hong Kong and Doctor of Education from University of Durham. Since her return to Hong Kong in 1985, Dr. Koong has spearheaded progress in education in Hong Kong, China and across the world. She has been directly appointed by the Government of Hong Kong SAR to serve on key government committees since 1993, including the Council of Education University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is the Director of Chinese Society for Early Childhood Education and has been the member of Shanghai CPPCC since 2007.She is also a project director for UNESCO/UNICEF project and an NGO representative for the United Nations. Her achievements in public and community service have brought her many accolades, including among others a Bronze Bauhinia Star from the HKSAR government in 2013 and Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters awarded by Whittier College, USA in 2014. In the same year, she was elected World President of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP), an NGO with almost 70 member countries. In 2015 and 2017, she was awarded Honorary Fellowship by The Education University of Hong Kong and Open University of Hong Kong, she is also appointed by Hong Kong Government as Justice of Peace in July 2017.

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