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7 Hong Kong students achieve perfect scores for DSE university entrance exams after year marked by coronavirus setbacks

  • The number achieving a grade of 5** across all seven of the Diploma of Secondary Education exams’ subjects matched last year’s total
  • Test takers will be sent their results via SMS on Wednesday morning, while certificates will also be handed out in person the same day

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Hong Kong students sit for the visual arts portion of the Diploma of Secondary Education exam in April. Photo: May Tse
Seven young Hongkongers have achieved perfect scores for the local university entrance exams, the city’s testing authority revealed on Tuesday, in a year in which 12 candidates had to miss at least some written portions because of mandatory coronavirus screenings.
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The elite pupils were among 49,976 who sat for the Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) exams between April 23 and May 20, according to the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority.

This year will be the first in which students will be sent their DSE exam results via SMS, with the messages going out on Wednesday morning, meaning at least some will know how they have performed before receiving their official grading certificates at school.

Three male students and four female ones scored a perfect 5** across the exam’s seven subjects. Of those, three also earned a 5** for an extended mathematics module elective.

Some Hong Kong students took their DSE exams from government quarantine facilities this year. Photo: Handout
Some Hong Kong students took their DSE exams from government quarantine facilities this year. Photo: Handout
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The number of top scorers matched last year’s seven, who came from four schools. In 2019, 12 high-fliers from nine schools hit the 5** mark on the exam’s seven-level grading scale.

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