The Hong Kong school that lets children decide what questions should go in their exams
- YOT Chan Wong Suk Fong Memorial Secondary School in Tuen Mun ditches traditional education system
- New method geared towards creating syllabus based on ability of individual students
A secondary school in Tuen Mun is taking a radical new approach to education, by letting students decide which questions will be asked in their exams.
YOT Chan Wong Suk Fong Memorial Secondary School said it was testing a learning model that allows students to choose what homework they did, and how their exams are set.
To do that, teachers assessed students’ abilities in several subjects at the beginning of school year, and, based on the results, then geared homework and exam questions towards the competency of the individual student.
So far, teachers have applied the methodology to English, Chinese, maths and biology.
“Once we know our children’s levels, we’re able to cater a syllabus that fits them rather than following a system that goes from the top down,” Edith Wong Wing-fun, an English teacher, said.