https://www.scmp.com/rss/513633/feed Kenny Lam is a Master of Education student in learning design, innovation and technology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He was an English and music teacher at Delia Memorial School (Hip Wo No. 2 College), and a management consultant at McKinsey & Co. He co-founded the student mentorship organisation Boundless. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com As the dust settles after the release of Hong Kong’s Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) results, the city finds itself at a critical juncture – not just for the thousands of students applying for university but for our society. The annual “grand reveal” is a stark reminder of the intense academic pressures our young people face. There’s no escaping the need to scrutinise troubling connection between these pressures and mental health. The statistics are alarming. At least 31 students in Hong... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3270844/lets-listen-well-hong-kong-students-mental-health-woes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3270844/lets-listen-well-hong-kong-students-mental-health-woes?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Jul 2024 08:30:11 +0000 The government’s Strive and Rise Mentorship Programme, led by Chief Secretary Chan Kwok-ki, aims to address intergenerational poverty by mentoring students from low-income families, mainly those who live in subdivided flats. It began in late November and has accepted some 2,800 students, against the initial target of 2,000, in the first year. At first glance, mentorship makes sense. It locates a problem – the lack of role models and social capital for underprivileged students – and provides an... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/hong-kong/article/3206368/mentorship-scheme-needs-clear-focus-deliver-hong-kongs-underprivileged-students?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/hong-kong/article/3206368/mentorship-scheme-needs-clear-focus-deliver-hong-kongs-underprivileged-students?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Jan 2023 04:30:08 +0000 Hong Kong knows it must build its local talent pool to remain globally competitive. Yet in the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), run by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to assess the skills of 15-year-olds around the globe, Hong Kong fell from its previous rankings in 2012. More worryingly, a survey conducted in 2021 found that more than 50 per cent of secondary school learners showed signs of depression. While we can debate how to change our... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3192480/reform-hong-kongs-education-system-should-start-less-focus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3192480/reform-hong-kongs-education-system-should-start-less-focus?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Sep 2022 22:45:10 +0000