Hong Kong Education Bureau concerned by Rosaryhill school move handing operations to privately funded institution
- Bureau calls on Dominican Missions to protect students’ interests, maintain good communication with stakeholders and provide pupils with support
- Students voice anger over sudden news of disruption to studies, joining parent-teacher association in questioning handling of matter
Hong Kong education authorities have expressed concerns over a decision by an aided secondary school to hand over operations to a privately funded one and urged the current sponsoring body to protect the interests of pupils.
Students on Monday voiced anger over the sudden news of the disruption to their studies, joining a parent-teacher association in questioning the handling of the matter.
Dominican Missions, the sponsoring body of Rosaryhill Secondary School in the Mid-Levels, earlier announced it would hand over its kindergarten and the primary school to Dalton School Hong Kong for the next academic year.
Dalton will extend its international stream to the secondary school after all senior forms students finish their studies in 2025-26. The aided secondary school will then end its operation that same academic year.
“The Education Bureau is very concerned about the incident and urges the school sponsoring body and school to fully protect the well-being of students, maintain good communication with stakeholders, and provide students with appropriate counselling and support as needed,” a bureau spokeswoman said.
Rosaryhill, founded in 1959, counts several prominent Hongkongers as alumni, including late singer and actor Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing, Cantopop star Kelly Chen Wai-lam, actress-singer Charlene Choi Cheuk-yin and former Executive Council convenor Bernard Chan.