Cram School

Cram schools should be accepted as part of daily life

10 May 2012

The new Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) examination has just finished, so the peak season for tutoring centres is over. In a few months, some of the Secondary Six students who...

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Pupils' exams could start earlier, take longer in 2013

7 Mar 2012

School pupils could find themselves starting examinations earlier in the year and sitting almost six hours of vital tests in a single day as part of a drive to produce results earlier and give...

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letters

10 Jan 2012

Treat lab animals with humanity

Animals are widely used for scientific research, but is this moral?

5:03AM

The lesson that all parents need to learn

26 Apr 2010

Children need to know there is life outside the classroom. Playing, exploring, making friends and developing new hobbies should be as important as schoolwork. But in our scholastic-obsessed...

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Language-skills gap breeds class division

30 Jan 2009

Exactly 10 years ago today, this newspaper carried a story by a young reporter called Shirley Kwok.

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The high cost of our 'free' education

6 Sep 2007

Whenever there is market inefficiency, there is someone ready to exploit it. That's how all capitalist markets work. Our supposedly 'free' public education is such a glaring example of...

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Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

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The work ethic

The media loves turning the spotlight on the high-achievers in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination at this time of year.

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Talkback

Q Should phones and PDAs be banned from exams?

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Tongue tied

The stories about South Korean kids having tongue surgery to help them speak perfect, unaccented English reflect the dark side of South Korean parents' zeal for their children's education.

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Schools of thought

A storm is brewing in Taiwan between the operators of after-hours cram schools and reform-minded parent groups, with each claiming to represent students' best interests.

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Learning curve

Question: Why are cram schools - which intensively prepare youngsters for prestigious junior high schools' entrance exams - flourishing again, even though there are fewer children in Japan and...

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Tutorials may tip the balance

It is no longer considered shameful for students to attend tutorial classes when they make up their minds that they must seek extra help with their studies.

Tuition centres seem to...

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