How to become an education manager

Official title: Education managers

Also called: College director, Dean (university), Head teacher, School principal

Education managers plan, direct, coordinate and evaluate the educational and administrative aspects of education services, primary and secondary schools, colleges and faculties and departments in universities and other educational institutions.

Main tasks

• Determining educational programmes based on frameworks established by education authorities and governing bodies
• Implementing systems and procedures to monitor school performance and student enrolments
• Directing administrative and clerical activities concerning student admissions and educational services
• Controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation, and expenditure on supplies, equipment and services
• Providing leadership and guidance to teaching, academic and administrative staff as well as to students
• Evaluating the work of teachers and lecturers by visiting classrooms, observing teaching methods, reviewing instructional objectives and examining learning materials
• Promoting the educational programme, and representing the service or institution in the wider community
• Supervising the maintenance of educational facilities
• Developing and enforcing a disciplinary code to create a safe and conducive environment for students and teachers
• Organizing and implementing methods of raising additional funds in conjunction with parent and community groups and sponsors

Ways in

• University: Education & Teaching degrees, Offered by 14 universities in Hong Kong

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: HK$50,000 a month
• About 1,542,900 people in 2025, and about 1,639,100 projected by 2028. (+6.2%)
• Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

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Questions people ask

How do I become an education manager?

Ways in include: Education & Teaching degrees.

Do you need a degree to become an education manager?

Usually. 67% of people in this job hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

Will AI change the work of an education manager?

Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Census and Statistics Department (2021 Population Census): 2021 Population Census, Interactive Data Dissemination Service: working population by occupation (38 groups) and sex, age, education, income; median income and field of education (9 groups) (2021 Population Census), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Census and Statistics Department (General Household Survey): Median monthly employment earnings by occupation (9 groups), excluding foreign domestic helpers (Table 210-06317A); employed persons by occupation, age and sex (210-06307A) and by industry (210-06308A) (2025 annual (series to 2026-07)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• Labour and Welfare Bureau; tables published by C&SD: Mid-term Update of Manpower Projection to 2028: supplementary statistical tables (5 occupation groups, 17 selected industries) (2025 to 2028 (published 2026-09)), retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026