27th Parents-Also-Appreciate-Teachers Drive

The 27th "Parents-Also-Appreciate-Teachers" Drive (PAAT Drive)
Regulations on the Competition on E-card Design of 'Appreciation Card for Teachers'

 Organisers: Education Bureau, Committee on Home-School Co-operation (CHSC), Hong Kong Education City (HKEdCity) and Sing Tao Daily
 Aim: To provide an e-platform for parents to design in e-format the 'Appreciation Card for Teachers' for showing respect to teachers teaching their children.
 Eligibility:
  • • Parents with children studying in local kindergartens (including kindergarten-cum-child care centres), primary schools, secondary schools and special schools
  • • Parents are welcome to participate with their children
(Note: Only one entry in each category.)
 Submission
 of Entries:		 Participants should submit their entries online via CHSC website at (www.chsc.hk/27paat-e.html) or HKEdCity's website at (www.hkedcity.net/paat) from now on until 26 February 16 April 2021.
 Theme: Parents-Also-Appreciate-Teachers
 Entry
 Category:		 Kindergarten, Primary School and Secondary School
 Language: English or Chinese
 Format and
 Card Size:		 Accept image or video files:
  • • Image: In JPEG / GIF format; file size not larger than 5 MB; resolution not exceeding 1920 x 1080 pixel
  • • Video: In AVI、MP4、MPEG、MPG、MOV、WMV format; file size not larger than 100 MB; video length not exceeding 1 minute
  • • SWF file is not accepted
 Deadline: 26 February 16 April 2021
 Panel of
 Adjudicators:		 Chairpersons and members of the 27th PAAT Drive and representatives from the HKEdCity and Sing Tao Daily
 Selection
 Criteria:		 Content (40%); Creativity (40%) and Presentation Skills (20%)
 Prize: Certificates and Souvenirs for the Champion, 1st Runner-up, 2nd Runner-up and Merit Prizes of each Entry Category.
 Announcement
 of Results:		 Lists of the prize winners and winning entries will be uploaded to the above websites in mid-May May 2021. Winners and their schools will be notified by post.
 Prize-winning
 E-Cards:		 The winning entries will be shared by other parents and students, who may send the e-cards to their teachers to show their respect.
 General
 Regulations:
  1. To raise the originality of the entries, the use of clipart available in software and on the internet is not encouraged.
  2. All submissions should be original, without infringement of copyrights, and have not been publicised before. Submissions found to have infringed other people's copyrights, be they commercial or non-commercial, will be disqualified. The Organisers will not be held responsible for any infringement of copyrights committed by the participants.
  3. In view of the concerns over privacy and image rights, participants should avoid submitting entries with pictures / photographs of individuals.
  4. The Organisers own the full rights in edition, promotion, exhibition and publication of the submitted materials and need not seek prior approval from the participants for so-doing nor pay them any copyright fees.
  5. All entries cannot display name of participant and the school involved. Submissions not complying with the competition regulations will be disqualified.
  6. Participants agree to provide personal data and authorise the Organisers to release such data for promotional purposes. All collected data, if no longer required, will be destroyed after the Competition.
  7. Awardees must collect the certificate and prize before 31 August 2021. Uncollected certificates and prizes will be deregistered thereafter. The Organisers are not obliged to reissue replacement certificates and prizes.
  8. Decisions of the panel of adjudicators shall be final and participants shall raise no objection.
  9. The Organisers reserve the final right to interpret and amend these regulations.
 Enquiry: General issues - please contact the Secretariat of the CHSC  (Tel: 3698 4376)

Technical issues - please contact the HKEdCity (Tel: 2624 1000) or (email: info@hkedcity.net)