Parents should consider carefully whether their children should study at an international school - a place where different cultures meet, educators have said.
More and more parents are considering sending their children to an international school because of the uncertainty of education reforms and Hong Kong's future place in the globalisation of the world economy.
Professor Cheng Kai-ming, pro-vice-chancellor and chair of the Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong, said teaching methods adopted by international schools differed a lot from those of local schools.
Parents should think carefully whether the cultural mix at an international school is good for their children.
'Children from international schools may be very good and distinguish themselves well when they enter society. But they might also face problems in try ing to fit into a certain culture,' Professor Cheng said.
In different cultures, behaviour, standards, values and ways of solving problems would be different, he said.