The Education Department advises students to check whether a local school at which they intend to enrol this summer is registered with the department.
Under the Education Ordinance, an institution, organisation or establishment which provides education to eight or more students at any one time or 20 or more students during any one day is required to register with the department.
To enable students or their parents to easily verify a school's credentials, schools are required to state their registration or provisional registration number on any advertisement.
Students should be particularly cautious with institutions which operate a chain of centres under the same name in different districts but with only some of the centres or courses properly registered. They are also advised to check whether the place they register for admission is the location where the course operates.
