Direct Subsidy Scheme

8 May 2013

Some criticised the St Stephen's plan as lacking in transparency, while others supported the initiative. Both groups have written to Secretary for Education Eddie Ng Hak-kim and permanent...

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New school ties

30 Apr 2013

An international school or English Schools Foundation (ESF) education is usually the default choice for expatriate families in Hong Kong. But this may not be the case for much longer.

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DSS holds key to English study places

22 Feb 2013

While expatriate families are requesting the government provides more international school places for their children (who do not speak Chinese and therefore cannot attend local schools), many...

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Clarity at last on future of the ESF

20 Nov 2012

The die is cast. ESF schools are international schools. As such, government funding will be phased out. That's the gist of education chief Eddie Ng Hak-kim's letter to the Post yesterday to...

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Letters to the Editor, November 16, 2012

16 Nov 2012

Stop the rot in Han Suyin's old haunt

News of writer Han Suyin's death brought back fading memories of her haunts in Mid-Levels that are no longer what they used to be.

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'Local' ESF more at home in international system

16 Nov 2012

After an unforgivably long period of dithering by successive education secretaries, it seems that the government is determined to phase out public funding for the English Schools Foundation. For...

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Opinion

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

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Shirley Yam

What were our top officials doing to let HKMEx fail?

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Former lawmaker has flawed views on local education

Cheung Man-kwong, a former lawmaker experienced in politicking for "democracy" and a local teachers' union, shows his true colours in the SCMP debate on public subvention for the English Schools...

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63 more schools plan to raise fees

More parents at international and direct subsidy schools face single-digit percentage rises in tuition fees this year if the Education Bureau approves their applications for higher charges.

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English Schools Foundation deserves a grand bargain on funding

The English Schools Foundation has asked parents to lobby Legco election candidates to back an increase in government financial support after years of a funding freeze. They have a strong case.

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Work out the societal returns of ESF subsidy - then decide if it's worth it

Education is always said to be a priority for Hong Kong governments; perhaps for the new administration of Leung Chun-ying it really will be.

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Education policy failure cannot be outsourced

The Supreme Court of India recently upheld the constitutional validity of the Right to Education Act that was passed in 2009, which requires both public and private schools to reserve 25per cent...

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Bid to raise fees at nine direct subsidy schools

At least a tenth of the city's semi-private direct subsidy schools aim to raise fees for the next academic year.

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