Some non-elite primary schools are ahead of their elite counterparts in the proportion of teachers holding university degrees, according to this year's primary school profiles.
The profiles were released yesterday by the Committee on Home-School Co-operation, a government advisory body. They provide background information on nearly 800 primary schools. The committee published the profiles for the first time last August.
Logos Academy in Sai Kung, Fanling Assembly of God Primary School and Victoria English Primary School in Taikoo Shing - all non-elite schools - have the highest proportion, with all teachers holding degrees.
Also, 91 per cent of teachers at Po Leung Kuk Camoes Tan Siu Lin Primary School in Yau Ma Tei - another non-elite establishment - are degree holders.
Among elite schools, only 27 per cent of teachers at Holy Family Canossian School (PM) in Kowloon City are degree holders. The figures for Sacred Heart Canossian School (AM) and Sacred Heart (PM) in Mid-Levels are 26.2 per cent and 29 per cent respectively.
Meng Tak Primary School, a subsidised school in Chai Wan, has the lowest proportion of degree teachers at four per cent.
The chairman of the Primary Education Research Association, Paul Lee Kit-kong, said teachers at new schools were generally younger and more eager to engage in further study than their counterparts at elite schools.