Educational Stages

23 Sep 2012

For many years I tried to ignore time. I seldom wore a watch, frequently turned up late to events and generally tried to be casual about punctuality and deadlines. I guess it's what people expect...

Pupils and parents to protest against national education

29 Aug 2012

Pupils and parents will surround the government's headquarters on Saturday in their latest move against the introduction of the national and moral education curriculum ahead of the start of the...

Departing exam chief George Pook's plea to parents on education reforms

20 Aug 2012

Parents and students must stop seeing a university place as the only route to success if reforms to the city's education system are to succeed, a key architect of the new Diploma of Secondary...

Back to school for principals

27 Jul 2012

Certification Course for Kindergarten Principals
HKBU-SCE

The Education Bureau's decision to improve the standard of early childhood education has seen a boom in demand for...

Top schools ace English exam, but not Chinese

21 Jul 2012

Pupils at top schools continued to show excellence in English in the new Diploma of Secondary Education exam - but limited Chinese-language skills have cost some of them a place at university....

Opinion

Wang Xiangwei

Super ministries may not be the right answer for mainland China

Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

George Chen

A house is not a home until it becomes affordable

Special-needs pupil relishes 'more relevant' system

No one got a prized 5** grade, but the atmosphere at the Red Cross John F. Kennedy Centre was nonetheless jubilant yesterday as pupils with disabilities learnt of how they performed in the first...

Choice is child's play

How do you choose the right kindergarten for your child? For early childhood education expert Dr Doris Cheng Pui-wah, the criteria for a good kindergarten rest on whether or not it lets children...

Plenty of fellowships and scholarships Down Under

With an eye on future global competitiveness, many countries are fighting over the best and brightest postgraduates from around the world by offering generous benefits for worthy international...

Tale of how Little Oak grew tall

When Wang Gan returned to Beijing in 1999 with a PhD in anthropology from Yale, she never imagined that she would go on to launch a successful private kindergarten.

Pupils' exams could start earlier, take longer in 2013

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...

Making purple the colour of kindness

Inspired by a child's tragic wish for two purple birthday cakes, Hong Kong children are joining a global campaign to provide education for the underprivileged.