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Education in Hong Kong
A look at the news and issues arising from kindergarten to secondary-level education around Hong Kong.
A group of kindergarten students visit Victoria Harbour with their teacher in Tsim Sha Tsui on March 13, 2025. Photo: Jelly Tse
Education

Editorial | Hong Kong’s new teacher certificate scheme will enhance education quality

The proposed measure should be implemented sensitively, taking into account the concerns of teachers and schools.

Mental health

Letters | Student wellbeing is not a problem easily solved with AI

Hong Kong

Hong Kong teachers to be given 1 year to obtain practising certificates

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Crime in Hong Kong

Hong Kong whistle-blower in AI app MediSafe saga arrested for alleged doxxing

Hailey Cheng posts message on social media saying she has been arrested in connection with MediSafe saga, with source confirming news.

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The MediSafe mobile app was reportedly developed by a Form Four student from St Paul’s Co-educational College. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong economy

Letters | Tax companies that deploy AI, save Hong Kong graduates

Readers discuss the urgency of maintaining entry-level jobs, treating agentic AI like it is the Monkey King, and public transport safety.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong teachers withdrew HK$8.4 billion from pension funds in past school year

Withdrawals fell by 3.4 per cent from year before, marking third consecutive annual decline as emigration slows.

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Mainland China

3 Hong Kong pupils probed for drinking, overnight stay in separate room on tour

Girl and two boys allegedly slipped away from teacher supervision, rented separate room at another location to drink alcohol and stayed there until the following morning.

The Hong Kong Sze Yap Commercial and Industrial Association Wong Tai Shan Memorial College in Sham Shui Po. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong’s Tai Po fire tragedy

Red-faced Hong Kong school sorry after teacher cites Tai Po blaze in fire drill

MKMCF Ma Chan Duen Hey Memorial College says one of its staff used ‘inappropriate language and expressions’ and expresses deepest apologies.

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Good Schools Guide

For Hong Kong students, their career paths’ first steps start at university

Choosing a course is a delicate balance of passion, parental expectations and the prospects of a fulfilling career.

Hong Kong courts

Mainland Chinese student jailed for 3 months for cheating in TOEFL test

Huang Xinyi paid someone else to take test on her behalf in Cambodia and submitted results to Hong Kong’s Lingnan University so she could graduate.

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Student Huang Xinyi has been sentenced to jail for submitting a fraudulent TOEFL test result in order to graduate from Hong Kong’s Lingnan University. Photo: K. Y. Cheng
Hong Kong economy

Exclusive | 55% plunge in new hires as Hong Kong graduates face gloomiest outlook in 5 years

Average monthly salary of new hires has risen only marginally by 0.5 per cent year on year to HK$20,961 in 2025, according to online job portal.

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Hong Kong graduates are facing the gloomiest job market in the city since 2021. Photo: Sun Yeung
Hong Kong economy

Editorial | Hong Kong schools’ medium of instruction must pass the test of the times

With its review of the guidelines for teaching in English or Chinese, Hong Kong must seek to better prepare its pupils for higher education while serving the city’s needs.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong steps up scrutiny of private schools

Education Bureau releases code of practice for private primary and secondary schools.

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Hong Kong

Letters | PhD fellowship scheme holds a key to Hong Kong’s education hub dream

Readers discuss the experience of international PhD students in Hong Kong, hospital fees, and Mark Carney’s Davos speech.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2024. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong society

Exclusive | Hong Kong teachers required to renew practising certificates every 3 years

Sources tell SCMP the plan will take effect as early as 2027-28 academic year.

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The measure is expected to affect more than 70,000 teachers in Hong Kong. Photo: Getty Images
Mainland China

Hong Kong to deny teachers practising certificates with insufficient training hours

Education panel to discuss finer details of new certification to ensure ‘fit and proper’ standards.

Hong Kong

AI mental health app helps Hong Kong students accentuate the positive

EmoCare, powered by artificial intelligence, began trial run last month, serving around 700 primary, secondary and university students.

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Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong’s children are paying the price for policy gaps in education

Policy failures have already caused a drop in English proficiency and a reading crisis. Officials must tread carefully with new AI plans.

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Queen’s College students react to their Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination (DSE) results on July 16. Photo: Eugene Lee
Hong Kong society

Opinion | Hong Kong must tackle the challenges of a super-aged society head on

With both Hong Kong and mainland China unlikely to be able to reverse the decline in birth rates, investing effectively in human capital is crucial.

Artificial intelligence

Editorial | Hong Kong needs a centralised AI curriculum for its students

The city has proactively adopted artificial intelligence in the school system, but courses still fall short on guiding proper use.

Hong Kong society

Letters | What Hong Kong’s abuse reporting law means for child-facing professionals

Readers discuss the implications of the new law, and support for sexual minority rights.

Posters for the Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance along a footbridge in Admiralty on January 20. Photo: Jelly Tse
Hong Kong

Hong Kong teams up with experts to develop AI tailored for schools

Secretary for Education Christine Choi tells legislature authorities are exploring launching a large language model relating to city’s school curriculum.

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Students use an AI platform powered by Microsoft for their study. Photo: Kelly Le
Universities in Hong Kong

HKU ranks seventh globally for education as East Asia ‘makes strides’

Times Higher Education releases latest annual subject rankings, with Peking University entering top 10 for computer science for first time.

Hong Kong housing

Hong Kong earmarks Kai Tak site among 3 plots for private student hostel projects

Sha Tin and Tung Chung sites also among those the government will open for interest to develop into private student hostels to ease housing pressure.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong professionals brace for tough calls under new child abuse law

Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Ordinance takes effect on Tuesday, covering over 100,000 people across 25 professions.

Some professionals in Hong Kong are still struggling with the concept of child abuse, according to an NGO. Photo: Getty Images
Hong Kong

40 Hong Kong semi-private schools eye more non-locals in education hub push

Direct Subsidy Scheme schools will be able to admit non-local students on a self-financing basis under new initiative.

Local student admissions are not affected by the new scheme. Photo: Sam Tsang
Good Schools Guide

Technology set to play a bigger role in SEN assessment and intervention

Improved awareness and early detection have seen a rise in special education needs diagnoses, and while the stigma is fading, challenges remain.

Hong Kong

Last unregistered student union at Chinese University of Hong Kong disbands

Chung Chi College’s student union is the latest to dissolve, leaving just two of nine remaining at the university amid police registration pressures.

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