Diocesan Boys' School

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The mission of Diocesan Boys' School stands as providing a liberal education based on Christian principles for the development of a whole person of good character, the acquisition of creative and critical thinking skills, and the cultivation of multiple intelligence maximizing students' diverse talents. Our school policy reassures our prime concern of equipping students with sound knowledge, worthy personal qualities, dynamic social and technical skills to achieve success in this rapidly advancing pluralistic society.
The vision of our school is to equip our students with the sound knowledge, worthy qualities, dynamic social and technical skills they need to become contributors to society and leaders with integrity in a diverse and ever-changing world.
To realize this stated mission, the school has set the following objectives: To offer a well-balanced education for the development of the WHOLE person. To maintain well-established school traditions. To nurture a unique cultural identity. To achieve self-respect and self-esteem so that each student can be a man of integrity, discipline, devotion, industriousness, courage, and gratitude. To promote multiple intelligence so that students can fully develop their talents. To equip our students to become life-long learners with a solid foundation of knowledge, essential qualities of good character, and proper social and technical skills to achieve success in the future.
The Diocesan Boys' School Committee Incorporation Ordinance (Cap. 1123 of the Laws of Hong Kong) enacted in 1969 gives the School Committee the full power ‘to manage, administer and operate the Diocesan Boys' School'. The School Committee focuses on setting school policies, the mission and vision, the raising, management, and allocation of funds, and managing a relationship with the Diocese, relevant Government departments, and other educational institutes. The working group of the School Committee closely monitors the use of fundings as well as the implementation of the school policies. Members of the School Committee also sit on the School Management Committee and the Consultative Committee to ensure the smooth running of the school and a continuous exchange of views between teachers, parents, and students.
The recommended syllabuses specified by the Curriculum Development Institute form the backbone of the DBS curriculum. Starting from the school year 2009-2010, the new senior secondary curriculum is being adopted in all of the subsidized secondary schools as well as those under the Direct Subsidy scheme. Upon completing the final year of Secondary Six, students will take part in the first Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examinations in 2012.
The school is to provide a well-balanced education for the development of a whole person through effective means and agreeable strategies. Teaching and learning under both the reformed local curriculum and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme aim to enable our students to excel in their language and numerical abilities, to broaden their knowledge base, and to possess capabilities of critical thinking, independent learning, and interpersonal skills.

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