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EdTalk: Primary Schools

EdTalk: Primary Schools
Opinion pieces, commentary and analysis articles, and interviews with education experts focusing on the issues that concern parents of primary school pupils in Hong Kong and around the world.
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9 September, 2024
S.K.H. Holy Cross Primary School in Kowloon City, which was criticised for failing to use all the resources for national security education. Photo: Dickson Lee
Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong teachers accused of lacking knowledge of national security education

Education Bureau says some schools fail to integrate national security elements into other subjects, and also highlights problems elsewhere.

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Hong Kong primary schoolchildren at centre of 5-a-side match-fixing probe

Education in Hong Kong

Two-thirds of Hong Kong pupils get top school pick through central allocation

Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong pupils set to benefit from new measure sparing schools from subsidy cuts

Teachers welcome move, with one saying protection from cuts will boost learning with better ratio of teachers to pupils.

Primary Six classes are to be spared subsidy cuts, the Education Bureau says. Photo: Sam Tsang
Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong set to back plan to cut 1,000 discretionary places in primary schools

School bodies say cut to cut spare places at popular primaries could help tackle under-enrolment and risk of closure at other schools.

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Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong schools with falling pupil numbers urged to look at mergers to survive

Education Bureau predicts a 15 per cent drop in pupil numbers over the next six years and says schools will close.

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Education in Hong Kong

First Hong Kong primary school students return to full-day, in-person classes

More are expected to resume regular schedules from early next year, with only a handful of the city’s pupils returning on Thursday.

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Some primary school students resume full-day, in-person classes on Thursday. Photo: Elson Li
Coronavirus Hong Kong

Opinion | Students, schools being failed by Hong Kong’s shifting Covid-19 goalposts

The government continues to leave students and schools in flux, with changes to the summer break now being followed by stringent new vaccination requirements. Putting the pressure to raise vaccination rates on teachers and students is unfair and ignores the damage being done to children’s development.

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Education in Hong Kong

Teacher exodus leaves Hong Kong schools scrambling to fill vacancies

Education Bureau down plays the impact, but schools feel the absence of a record number of teachers who have quit since 2019 social unrest.

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Education in Hong Kong

Mostly joy but some dismay as Hong Kong pupils allocated secondary schools

More than 41,000 Hong Kong pupils have been allocated their first choice of secondary school by centralised system.

Students at Yaumati Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang Road) jump for joy after collecting the allocation results. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Education in Hong Kong

Record rate of Hong Kong pupils gaining place at preferred secondary school

Hong Kong’s Education Bureau says 49,448 eligible Primary Six children joined the secondary school places allocation system for 2022-23 academic year.

In Hong Kong, pupils are allocated places at local secondary schools in two stages. Photo: SCMP
BN(O) passport

Over 8,500 Hong Kong students have applied to UK schools since September: report

Influx attributed to BN(O) scheme offering pathway to citizenship, with Nottinghamshire getting the most applications.

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Education in Hong Kong

Nearly 90 per cent of 6-year-olds in Hong Kong receive chosen schools spots

Education authorities reveal 89 per cent of pupils received one of their top three primary school choices during this year’s two-stage allocation process

EdTalk: Secondary Schools

In-person classes in Hong Kong to resume in stages, higher forms first to return

Students of higher forms will be first to return to campuses on April 19 for half-day classes.

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In-person classes from kindergartens to secondary schools will resume in stages. Photo: Sam Tsang
EdTalk: Secondary Schools

8-year-high exit rate for native English teachers at Hong Kong secondary schools

Figure revealed by Education Bureau after lawmaker Michael Tien Puk-sun asks if strict anti-epidemic measures are pushing native English teachers to leave.

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The number of native-speaking English teachers leaving their jobs at secondary schools has reached an eight-year high. Photo: Shutterstock
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Hong Kong school heads call for special Covid measures to support DSE students

Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary School urges exam authorities to allow students in infected households to sit assessments at special centres.

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EdTalk: Secondary Schools

International and older students in Hong Kong may avoid next month’s forced break

Local and international school heads describe positive response from bureau officials after they expressed concerns about summer break being advanced to March and April to free up campuses for Covid-19 fight.

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Coronavirus Hong Kong

Hong Kong schools must meet new vaccination targets to resume full-day classes

70 per cent of students need to get at least one dose of the BioNTech vaccine or two jabs of Sinovac for full-day classes to return.

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Hong Kong schools must meet new Covid-19 vaccination targets to resume full-day classes. Photo: Nora Tam
EdTalk: Secondary Schools

6,200 Hong Kong pupils have quit school since summer holidays: official data

Latest Education Bureau figures show there were 6,016 and 193 vacancies at secondary and primary schools respectively between August and end November.

Education in Hong Kong

Don’t teach Nanking massacre to young pupils: ex-Hong Kong education chief

The topic is not suitable for primary school students, as they ‘have no background and knowledge of the historical incidents’, says Fanny Law.

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International schools in Hong Kong

Will Hong Kong lose expat teachers over strict Covid-19 quarantine rules?

Schools shorten Christmas, other breaks to let staff have eight weeks off for travel over summer.

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Belinda Greer, chief executive officer of the English Schools Foundation, says extending the summer holidays to eight weeks would allow more time for families to travel and complete quarantine while at the same time ensuring the same number of school days are retained. Photo: May Tse
EdTalk: Secondary Schools

Education brain drain an ‘imminent issue’, warns Hong Kong leader’s top adviser

Executive Council convenor Bernard Chan says Hong Kong faces problem over movement of pupils and teachers, with some leaving for family reasons.

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Hong Kong schools have been losing teachers and pupils. Photo: Winson Wong
Overseas Schools

British schools ‘turning away Hong Kong children’ amid record enrolments

‘Too many Hong Kong applicants,’ say some British schools that prefer a mix of foreign students.

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EdTalk: Admissions

Parents say competition for Hong Kong school places still tough

Overall success rate for children seeking Primary One spots hits 11-year high, but number applying drops amid declining birth rate and emigration.

EdTalk HKIS

Why we should nurture empathy and compassion in children from an early age

Ben Hart, upper primary school principal at Hong Kong International School, says its curriculum encourages pupils to be curious about global issues

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EdTalk Kellett

It’s time schools taught children mental resilience to face life’s problems

Huge global mental health issue among teenagers has been ignored for too long, says Mark Steed, principal of Hong Kong’s Kellett School

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The ‘bespoke curriculum’, Positively Kellett, at Hong Kong’s Kellett School aims to teach students skills for the future, so they are able to creatively collaborate, adapt and solve problems.
EdTalk Shrewsbury

How to choose right school for children and support them through their journey

Parents may want to plan ahead, but crucial to make correct choice for their child now, says Ben Keeling, principal, Shrewsbury International School Hong Kong

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