IMC

The Incorporated Management Committee (IMC)
The Incorporated Management Committee in relation to a school, also known as the IMC is established under section 40BN or 40BX of the Education Ordinance in respect of the school.

When an IMC has been established in respect of a school, the school shall be managed by the IMC.

Functions of IMC
Section 40AE of the Education Ordinance stipulates that the IMC of a school shall be responsible for –
(a) formulating education policies of the school in accordance with the vision and mission set by the sponsoring body;
(b) planning and managing financial and human resources available to the school;
(c) accounting to the Permanent Secretary for Education (Permanent Secretary) and the sponsoring body for the performance of the school;
(d) ensuring that the mission of the school is carried out;
(e) ensuring that the education of the pupils of the school is promoted in a proper manner; and
(f) school planning and self-improvement of the school.
Reference: https://applications.edb.gov.hk/imc/imc.aspx?langno=1

The members of the IMC are:

Position	Name
SPONSORING BODY MANAGER	Ms. Kwong Cheuk Man Charmaine
	Sr. Reynolds Michelle
	Ms. Chow Hoi Yan Santina
	Ms. Cheung Chung Ho
	Mr. Iu Kwong Chi
	Mr. Ling Wai Hang
	Rev. Ip Po Lam Martin
ALTERNATE SPONSORING BODY MANAGER	Mr. Ng Wa Piu Henry
PRINCIPAL (EX-OFFICIO MANAGER)	Ms. Lai Wai Man
INDEPENDENT MANAGER	Mr. Leung Kwok Chu Andrew
TEACHER MANAGER	Mr. Lau Shiu Bong
ALTERNATE TEACHER MANAGER	Ms. Wong Ka Yi
PARENT MANAGER	Ms. Yip Wing Sze Kennis
ALTERNATE PARENT MANAGER	Ms. Ng Ka Yan
ALUMNI MANAGER	Mr. Chan Wai Chi Gordon

Functions and Powers of Sponsoring Body and IMC
The Ordinance clearly defines the respective functions and powers of a sponsoring body and an IMC, provides better civil liability protection to managers and allows greatly flexibility in the daily operation of an IMC.

Functions and Powers	Sponsoring Body	IMC
Setting the vision and mission for the school	✔
Drafting the constitution of the IMC	✔
Giving general directions to the IMC in the formulation of education policies of the school	✔
Overseeing the performance of the IMC	✔
Deciding the mode of receiving government aid	✔
Issuing guidelines for raising funds and entering into contracts involving funds other than funds received from the Government	✔
Deploy principals and teachers among the sponsored schools under certain circumstances	✔
Managing school		✔
Formulating education policies of the school in accordance with the vision and mission set by the sponsoring body		✔
Accounting to the Permanent Secretary and the sponsoring body for the performance of the school		✔
Ensuring that the mission of the school is carried out		✔
Planning and managing financial and human resources of the school		✔
Ensuring that the education of the pupils is promoted in a proper manner		✔
School planning and self-improvement of the school		✔
Employ such teaching staff and non-teaching staff as it thinks fit and determine their terms and conditions of service		✔

adapted from the Education Bureau (2017)