Is Hong Kong’s education system failing non-ethnic Chinese children?

Kraiz Kayastha grew up attending a Chinese-medium primary school in Hong Kong. But after almost six years, the Nepalese Hongkonger still struggles to understand his lessons, let alone speak the language. Despite record government funding allocated to programmes meant to boost Chinese proficiency among its non-Chinese student population, a language crisis has persisted for many years. One local charity is on a mission to bridge the language gap in time for pupils to transition into Chinese-medium schools.