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1. News - Hong Kong - EDUCATION

   I’ll emigrate when there’s no more freedom of speech in Hong Kong, says ESF ace pupil

   Posted Sep 05th 2013, 12:00am by SHIRLEY ZHAO

   ... Britain's average of 7 per cent, while 94 per cent got A* to C grades, compared with Britain's 68 per cent. Chris Durbin, the foundation's secondary school development adviser, said most ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1303447/ill-emigrate-when-theres-no-more-freedom-speech-hong-kong-says-esf
2. Lifestyle - Family & Education

   Overpricing English-medium schools could hurt Hong Kong's future, say critics

   Posted Jul 28th 2013, 12:00am by Linda Yeung

   ... Linda Yeung Iinda.yeung@scmp.com The loss of government subsidy will make schools teaching in English too costly for many professionals, who will take their talents elsewhere A very ...

   http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1292188/overpricing-english-medium-schools-could-hurt-citys
3. News - Hong Kong - EDUCATION

   Legco on ESF subsidy: why didn't you ask us?

   Posted Jul 10th 2013, 12:00am by SHIRLEY ZHAO

   ...-language schools turning into Harrow [International School]?" Chan, whose four children attend ESF schools, said the decision removed an affordable choice of English-medium education, damaging ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1278991/legco-esf-why-didnt-you-ask-us
4. News - Hong Kong - EDUCATION

   Hong Kong ESF students ace exams to outshine peers in global IB diploma

   Posted Jul 09th 2013, 12:00am by SHIRLEY ZHAO

   ... pre-tertiary exams. Some 850 pupils from six English Schools Foundation secondary schools who sat the examination for the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma in May notched up an average score of 34.6. And six of them got perfect scores of 45. That compares with the global average of 29.8. Twenty-seven pupils from direct subsidy school St Paul's Co-educational College received ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1278183/locals-ace-exams-outshine-peers-global-diploma
5. News - Hong Kong - EDUCATION

   ESF should boost Putonghua lessons, says departing chief executive

   Posted Jun 19th 2013, 12:00am by SHIRLEY ZHAO

   ... the foundation needed to constantly review its Chinese curriculum to make it better. "I feel very strongly about the position of Chinese within the curriculum of our schools," she said. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1263937/esf-should-boost-chinese-curriculum-says-departing-chief-executive
6. News - Hong Kong - EDUCATION

   ESF board votes to end HK$283m schools subsidy

   Posted Jun 19th 2013, 12:00am by SHIRLEY ZHAO

   ... Shirley Zhao shirley.zhao@scmp.com Last-ditch pleas fail to stop decision to accept government deal, which exempts current pupils ESF board votes to end HK$283m schools subsidy The English Schools Foundation agreed at a board meeting yesterday to accept a deal with the government which will see it lose its HK$283 million annual subsidy. The board made the decision after reviewing ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1263822/esf-board-votes-end-hk283m-schools-subsidy
7. News - Hong Kong - SCHOOLS

   Parents fear ESF will pay high price for loss of subsidy

   Posted Jun 12th 2013, 12:00am by Jennifer Ngo

   ... and connections." The foundation, with 20 schools and kindergartens, announced last week it had accepted the proposal in principle. It will make a final decision after hearing parents' views. Jullienne ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1258654/parents-fear-esf-will-pay-high-price-loss-subsidy
8. News - Hong Kong - EDUCATION

   ESF considers corporate scheme for school places

   Posted Jun 08th 2013, 12:00am by Linda Yeung and Jennifer Ngo

   ... school places for companies The English Schools Foundation (ESF) may launch a corporate nomination rights scheme to make up for its financial losses as the government gradually cuts its subsidy. Companies would be able to pay to reserve school places for the children of employees. From 2016, the foundation's long-frozen HK$283 million annual subsidy, or subvention, will be phased out ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1256053/esf-considers-corporate-scheme-school-places
9. News - Hong Kong - EDUCATION

   ESF to keep funding for special needs services

   Posted Jun 08th 2013, 12:00am by Linda Yeung and Jennifer Ngo

   ... Linda Yeung and Jennifer Ngo ESF to keep funding for special needs services As the biggest provider of English-medium primary and secondary education for students with special needs, the English Schools Foundation will retain government support for such services. The government now gives HK$28.3 million a year to the Jockey Club Sarah Roe School and learning support centres in ESF ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1255913/esf-keep-funding-special-needs-services
10. News - Hong Kong - EDUCATION

    'Outsiders' have slim hope of landing ESF places

    Posted Feb 06th 2013, 12:00am by Dennis Chong

    ... a student, and children of former ESF students. A new assessment system will also be introduced to test applicants' English proficiency and their suitability for an ESF school through interviews ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1144023/outsiders-have-slim-hope-landing-esf-places

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