More than 60 per cent of the first batch of Project Springboard students have passed, it was announced yesterday.
Launched in 2000, the scheme offers an alternative path of continuous education for students with unsatisfactory results in the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination (HKCEE).
Of the 3,033 full-time students who completed the programme in August, 1,857 - or 61.2 per cent - passed and were awarded full certificates the same month, according to a survey released yesterday.
The survey was carried out in November by the Federation of Continuous Education in Tertiary Institutions.
Twenty-nine per cent of the graduates who obtained full certificates have started work, while 62 per cent are pursuing further studies.
Principal assistant secretary for education and manpower Lam Kam-kwong said 92 per cent of those employed were working in the private sector, while eight per cent were recruited by the Government.
Their monthly salaries range from $5,000 to $12,000, with $6,000 the median income. 'It demonstrates that the scheme is well accepted by the private sector,' Mr Lam said. 'It is a good answer to the scheme's critics.'