https://www.scmp.com/rss/523218/feed The latest news and top stories on Lee Yi-ying, Chairwoman of the Hong Kong Subsidised Secondary Schools Council. She leads the council, representing subsidised secondary schools, promoting their rights, independence and welfare, and liaising with government bodies on education policy. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com William Yiu,Kelly Fung William Yiu,Kelly Fung Suri Chan Tin-wing, a first-year English major at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, found herself struggling to write her first creative short story – a 300-word assignment for the compulsory course “Introduction to Literature”. Throughout her secondary schooling at Yan Chai Hospital Law Chan Chor Si College in Kowloon Bay, only science subjects, such as maths and biology, were taught in English as the school adopted Chinese as the medium of instruction (CMI). Chan, 19, felt that she lacked... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3343539/will-allowing-more-hong-kong-schools-teach-english-be-too-testing-pupils?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3343539/will-allowing-more-hong-kong-schools-teach-english-be-too-testing-pupils?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Feb 2026 01:00:17 +0000 William Yiu William Yiu Hong Kong is considering letting more junior secondary school pupils use English as their medium of instruction (MOI), with the education minister pointing to an improved learning environment, better qualified teachers and other developments in the sector. Secretary for Education Christine Choi Yuk-lin also said on Thursday that publicly funded primary and secondary schools could expect more cuts in resources in the coming two years as the government tightened its belt further. The existing MOI... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3343371/hong-kong-may-allow-more-pupils-use-english-lessons-education-chief-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3343371/hong-kong-may-allow-more-pupils-use-english-lessons-education-chief-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:04:54 +0000 Alice Wu Alice Wu Hong Kong has ambitious plans to become an international higher education hub. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu announced as much in his policy address. We are home to top-ranked universities, and the plan seems on track. But are we really preparing our children for these education ambitions? Are we equipping them to join our top-ranked universities? If you ask those running our secondary schools – more specifically, subsidised schools – they would probably say we aren’t doing enough. The... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3341053/be-education-hub-hong-kong-must-first-do-better-its-children?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3341053/be-education-hub-hong-kong-must-first-do-better-its-children?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jan 2026 01:30:14 +0000 William Yiu William Yiu Hong Kong education authorities will review the policy on the medium of instruction in public secondary schools for the 2028-34 cycle after looking at the results of a three-year evaluation study and consulting the sector, the Post has learned. The review comes as a council representing subsidised secondary schools urged the government to allow more institutions to teach subjects in English to better prepare pupils moving on to higher education programmes conducted in the language. The Education... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3340281/hong-kong-authorities-review-medium-instruction-schools-after-major-study?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3340281/hong-kong-authorities-review-medium-instruction-schools-after-major-study?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 18 Jan 2026 01:30:15 +0000 William Yiu William Yiu Hong Kong secondary schools have 15 fewer Form One classes this academic year, prompting a sector representative to call on the government to allow publicly funded institutions to enrol non-local students in response to the drop in pupil numbers. The number of Form One classes this school year at 381 government and aided schools taking part in the allocation system has fallen to 1,487 from 1,502 last year, according to the Secondary School Profiles 2025–26 compiled by the Committee on... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3335402/hong-kong-educators-call-non-local-admissions-amid-decline-form-one-classes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3335402/hong-kong-educators-call-non-local-admissions-amid-decline-form-one-classes?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:37:51 +0000 William Yiu William Yiu A three-day education fair featuring more than 300 institutions from kindergartens to universities will be held in Hong Kong later this month to boost student enrolment from mainland China, with the organisers expecting it to draw more than 50,000 visitors. The fair, the third since 2023, is being arranged by four major school councils, with the city facing the problem of a shrinking student population. “It is one of the ways to expand our source of students,” said primary school head Jessie... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3332374/hong-kong-school-fair-mainland-china-focus-set-attract-50000-visitors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3332374/hong-kong-school-fair-mainland-china-focus-set-attract-50000-visitors?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:58:43 +0000 William Yiu William Yiu Hong Kong will launch a trial scheme allowing semi-private schools to apply for expanded enrolment of overseas students in a bid to open the city’s primary and secondary education market. The government will also increase the enrolment ceiling for self-financing non-local students at public universities from 40 to 50 per cent of its local undergraduate places in the next school year. Under the change, the quota for non-local students could climb to 37,000, an increase of 7,000 from the current... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3325906/policy-address-2025-hong-kong-add-more-foreign-students-dse-schools?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3325906/policy-address-2025-hong-kong-add-more-foreign-students-dse-schools?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:03:28 +0000 William Yiu William Yiu About 170 Hong Kong secondary schools will offer Japanese, Korean, French or other languages as electives for junior form students under a pilot scheme providing each institution with HK$250,000 (US$32,000) in subsidies over the next two academic years. An education sector representative said Japanese was a popular option among schools applying because its similarities to Chinese could make it easier for students to learn. In a reply to the Post, the Education Bureau said that about 170... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3323835/170-hong-kong-schools-offer-extra-languages-under-hk250000-subsidy-scheme?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3323835/170-hong-kong-schools-offer-extra-languages-under-hk250000-subsidy-scheme?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:30:08 +0000 William Yiu William Yiu The number of non-day school candidates achieving the highest grades across various subjects in Hong Kong’s university entrance exams has significantly increased over the past two years amid a growing trend of mainland Chinese students taking the tests, the Post has found. An analysis by the Post of official data showed that the number of non-day school candidates securing Level 5**, the highest grade in the seven-tier system of Hong Kong’s Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE), had increased at... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3323107/why-are-more-non-day-school-candidates-achieving-top-scores-hong-kongs-dse?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education/article/3323107/why-are-more-non-day-school-candidates-achieving-top-scores-hong-kongs-dse?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:30:14 +0000