Hong Kong’s brightest students post record performance in Diploma of Secondary Education exams, powered by 12 high-flyers achieving level 5** in seven subjects
- Exam authority says top-end results are best since DSE launched in 2012, while overall candidate numbers fall and fewer reach level to attend local universities
- Youngest to take part in the university entrance exams is 11, the eldest aged 70
Elite students delivered a record-breaking performance in Hong Kong’s main university entrance examinations, with 12 getting the top grade in seven subjects, including six super-achievers attaining full marks in an additional paper.
Announcing the overall performance of students in the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) on Tuesday, the Examinations and Assessment Authority also noted that fewer day pupils met the basic requirement to enter local universities this year, as the total number of candidates fell.
It also revealed that the youngest person participating in the exams was 11 years old, while the oldest was 70, but there was no further information available about those candidates.
Of the 54,642 full and part-time students who took the exam this year, 19,676 day school candidates achieved the minimum score required to enter a university, compared with 21,205 last year.
This meant an average of 1.3 students would compete for each of the 15,000 university places available.