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EdTalk: Secondary Schools

EdTalk: Secondary Schools
Opinion pieces, commentary and analysis articles, and interviews with education experts focusing  on the latest trends surrounding secondary school students and their needs and experiences.
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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Education in Hong Kong

HK$500,000 per grade offered to Hong Kong secondary schools to encourage mergers

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Education in Hong Kong

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

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.

Education chiefs say a balance has to be struck between falling class rolls and the number of schools. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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

Hong Kong authorities reject survival plans by 2 under-enrolled secondary schools

Caritas Chai Wan Marden Foundation Secondary School will no longer operate Form One class from next academic year, close doors in 2026.

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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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Hong Kong is struggling to replace experienced teachers who have opted to leave the city. Illustration by Henry Wong
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.

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.

Education in Hong Kong

Hong Kong secondary schools say class sizes should be cut as pupil numbers fall

Secondary schools in Hong Kong say class numbers should be frozen and sizes reduced as pupil numbers fall.

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Secondary schools show a united front to ask for a reduction in class sizes amid fall in pupil numbers. Photo: May Tse
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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Since January 31, 2021, Hongkongers can apply for a visa to work or live in Britain for five years, before they are eligible to seek citizenship. Photo: EPA-EFE
Hong Kong national security law

Pledge allegiance or face axe, Hong Kong’s native-speaking English teachers told

Education Bureau says teachers employed on non-civil service terms should sign a declaration pledging to uphold Hong Kong’s mini-constitution just as government staff do.

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EdTalk: Primary 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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EdTalk: Primary 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
HKDSE

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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Secondary school principals have called for special support for students sitting DSE exams who have been affected by the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak. Photo: Edmond So
EdTalk: Primary 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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EdTalk: Primary 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.

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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
National education in Hong Kong

70 secondary schools highlight national education in pitches to Hong Kong parents

The institutions explain how they will foster an understanding of national security and love for the country, as the government now requires schools to do.

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EdTalk: Primary 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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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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Hongkongers attend the city’s international education expo this year with parents increasingly looking at sending their children abroad to study. Photo: Chan Ho-him
National education in Hong Kong

Schools should use sport to boost pupils’ national identity: Hong Kong leader

Carrie Lam calls for principals to harness the power of sport to encourage stronger feelings of national pride in pupils.

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Carrie Lam (second from right) and Edgar Cheung (third from left) at Lam Tai Fai College on Thursday. Photo: Felix Wong
EdTalk CAIS

Why students’ caring, community spirit is even more important today

Schools that value only academic success and sporting excellence give deficient education, says Richard Vanderpyl, head of Christian Alliance International School

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EdTalk HKIS

Why boarding school may not be best for children aged 14 to 18

Family support during ‘complicated’ high school years is important for teenagers, says David Lovelin, high school principal, Hong Kong International School

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