Cultivate holistic development of children

Today, non-profit organization Children Social Network (CSN) held an initiation ceremony of its ALO Parent Education App/Platform System, together with an app demonstration and Parent-Teacher Association "Joy in Parenting" sharing session. These were held successfully in C.C.C. Heep Woh Primary School (Cheung Sha Wan) in front of government officials, together with leaders from education, social welfare and business sectors as well as parents. All witnessed the initiation of Hong Kong's first parent education app/platform system, bringing together social resources and uniting forces to promote parent education and to cultivate the holistic development of children.

ALO was launched by the non-profit organization CSN in 2021. It is the first parent education digital platform in Hong Kong. The word ALO itself means "Nurturing, Nursing and Nourishing" in Latin - reflecting parents' desire for bringing up of their children. The app/platform system is supported by a team of local education professionals who create authoritative, structured, and interesting multimedia positive parenting content aligned with the Curriculum Framework on Parent Education launched by the Education Bureau (EDB). The content covers four major areas - "understanding of child development", "promotion of healthy, happy and balanced development of children", "promotion of parents' physical and psychological well-being" and "fostering home-school cooperation and communication". The platform supports parent education promotion work in all aspects and its parent education content has gained recognition from education sector and professionals. Such as school groups, PTA, Hong Kong School Managers Society and other education parties.

In the first phase, ALO will provide services to all kindergartens and primary schools in Hong Kong. Through the platform, parents can access structured parent education content and can interact with schools for better home-school cooperation. Around 30 schools have actively participated ALO since the launch of its pilot programme early this year. ALO has won unanimous acclaim, participating school principals and parents considered ALO's parent education content to be valuable, and the short videos and interviews are concise and interesting. Compared with other parenting websites, ALO's content is more suitable for modern parents, and it is the most comprehensive and diverse parent education platform in Hong Kong.

Officiating guests at today's initiation ceremony of ALO Parent Education app/platform system included Mr. Jeff SZE Chun Fai, JP, Under Secretary for Education, Mr. Herman WAI Ho Man, Chairman of Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, 2023-2024 and Mrs. Winnie W L CHAN, Chairman of Po Leung Kuk, 2023 -2024. They were accompanied by Mr. Peter TSANG Cheung, JP, Founder of Children Social Network and Mr. Ryan CHAN, CEO of Children Social Network. Together with government officials, leaders from education, social welfare and business sectors as well as parents, to witness the initiation of Hong Kong's first parent education app/platform system.

Mr. Peter TSANG Cheung, JP, Founder of Children Social Network, said, "Parent education plays a crucial role in providing a pleasant and harmonious environment for children to grow up. I believe the education sector is eagerly anticipating the implementation of the EDB's Curriculum Framework on Parent Education.

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